Chasing Shadows

I took Troy shopping with me today at Walmart. It was just a quick trip, but enough to get him out of the car and let him experience something different. It was so hot outside, that I ended up parking at the very end of the parking lot under the trees, so that the car stayed cool while we were inside. Of course, this also meant that we had to walk the entire winding sidewalk from one end of the parking lot to the other. I made up for it by walking fast, which made me laugh, because Troy was contentedly bobbing along in my arms as I speed-walked into Walmart.

As we walked, Troy looked down and started staring at the ground. Curious as to what he was looking at, I looked down and realized that he had noticed our shadows racing along beside us. One a thin man wearing a backpack, and the other a smaller man bobbing along in the thin man’s arms. He became entranced with these two, watching them intently the entire way into the store. On the way out of the store, he noticed them again. This time racing along beside us in the opposite direction. You could see him trying to reason out what they were and why they were following us. I don’t remember the first time I saw a shadow or wondered what new fascinating thing this was. I have seen so many now that I take them for granted. I love experiencing the world through his eyes. Seeing things all over again for the first time. To stop and not take things for granted for a change...and to actually see them.