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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDo you know what I miss?
I miss the smiles.
I can't remember the last time a stranger smiled at me as I walked into a store. I never knew how much I appreciated that flirting smile as a server called me honey, and I never know when someone's joking anymore. It's now as impersonable as a friendly internet jab. Real life LOL tags suddenly seem necessary.
At the end of 5 months this year sequestered in hospitals and rehab I thought all I wanted was to feel the rain on my face again. Now I find myself in a cold world devoid of those Sunbeam Sailors we meet every day who would brighten our day with a smile.
The horror show that was 2020 can't be over soon enough for me. Also, I didn't know how much I read lips before.
Siwsan
(26,177 posts)I can still sense the sincere smile beneath a mask. I've even talked about it with complete strangers when we realized we were 'eye smiling' at each other. It's not QUITE the same, but I'll take what I can get.
Walleye
(30,703 posts)demigoddess
(6,640 posts)but I'm missing that too.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I love when you can make eye contact and dive right into a person and see what their soul looks like.