This barber shop is everything a barber shop should be.
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The chairs that sit against the faded, green wall are always filled with clients waiting for their turn with the barber. There is a stand of snacks for sale, including candy and potato chips. A vase of flowers sits beside the station where the barber does his work.
I'm sort of enchanted with the barber, you see.
He is an old man with a warm grin and big, brown eyes. He winks at me as I walk by. I wave even though we've never met.
I see him working early in the morning and late at night. He is constantly smiling or cracking a joke. Even when clients are lined up waiting, he never seems frazzled or stressed.
Yesterday, I was passing by his shop at lunch when he walked outside to sweep the sidewalk.
"How you doin'?" he asked jovially, flashing me his bright smile.
And what did I say?
"HI!" I replied, my voice too high.
Yeah! That's all I could manage to say to this barber I have studied so closely for nearly a year now.
Hi. Exclamation point.
I then looked away quickly, my face beginning to blush.
Let's hope I never run into Hugh Jackman or Mindy Kaling.
Can you imagine how weird I'd act?
Been there! I love how you admired him from afar for the little things are actually big things.
ReplyDeleteYou have such a great way with words, Jenna! Reading this, it's almost as if I were walking beside you, seeing the barber through his windows. It's so enchanting :)
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