Damn Girl!

2017

One evening, I needed to make a phone call. We got terrible cell phone reception at home sometimes, and frequently needed to go outside to communicate effectively. Anyway, I dressed and went out to the driveway. Honestly, I didn’t think much about how I dressed, but merely put on what I was comfortable in. That outfit was a moisture wicking t-shirt, a pair of flip-flops, and a denim knee length skirt.

So I was out on the driveway, on the phone. The sun had gone down, and I was standing in the driveway, in the dim light. The sidewalk wasn’t too far away, and as I was listening to the person I was talking with on the phone, a man walked past me on the sidewalk in the dim light as I stood there, the cell phone to my ear, with my hand partially blocking my face. He couldn’t possibly have seen my face clearly.

I saw him looking my way as he passed, and I heard him say to himself “Damn, girl!”. Suddenly, I realized I was smiling. He had liked what he saw in that dim light, and that was an amazing feeling!

Have you ever felt like that? Casual, unplanned moment of feeling good?