Kids….so innocent!!

There I was on a beautiful cold morning, heading out to school…I had a 7am class and I sure didn’t want to be late. At that time, primary and secondary school kids were usually on their way to school, be it walking to their various schools or in their school buses, you would see them. Right on my street, just as I walked up the slope, I saw two kids, a sister and a little brother walking up to school, the mom waving them goodbye.
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But the little boy was crying and he wasn’t wearing any shoes. He kept crying all the way up, and I was looking at him and trying to smile to see if I could infect him with my smile. But he kept crying, just before we got the top, I had to ask the sister since my infectious smile wasn’t working.

Why is he crying????

The the sister explained how he used his sandals, which their mom had just bought him to make goal posts…and subsequently loose it. The furious mom who had little to nothing wasn’t happy, so she resolved, he would walk to school barefoot that day, so that next time, he won’t loose his sandals. (Pretty normal for boys to do that here, I remember my older brother doing that all the time when we were kids and my mom always so angry that he did).
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Anyway that day I felt so sad that the kid had to go to school barefoot, he’s about 4years old or even three. I understood the mother’s plight most definitely and didn’t think she was being wicked. In fact, I talked to the boy after speaking with the sister, I explained to him how and why he shouldn’t loose his shoes, and told him I was going to give the mom some money to get him new shoes. And made him promise not to loose them. Which he did and stopped crying.
Oh my, I was happy.
I walked back down to talk to the mom, gave her N500( like $4), but enough to get a new sandal, I know its a small stipend, but was all I could afford.

I should ask you my readers though…. The world is filled with so much conspiracy and evil and injustice…in what ways are you putting smiles on another person’s face however you can??

my hilly street... Picture taken few hours ago with friends!!