Positively City Life

A 80 year old woman got on the bus I was riding this morning. She was around 5 feet tall, silvery gray hair thinning out and yet still fluffy, wearing a knitted sweater vest and sweatpants, even thought it was 80 degrees today. No one stood up immediately to give her a seat in the priority seating section, so she was stuck standing at the front holding on to a bar. A hispanic woman who looked to be about 45 years old stood up and with a big smile, told the older woman that she was so beautiful and asked if she’d like to sit. To this, the older woman replied with a spunky smile and said, “I’m not as young as I look; I’d love to sit down” and the two of them laughed as she took the seat. They chatted pleasantly for a few stops until the younger woman was getting off. As she was leaving, she again told the older woman how incredibly beautiful she was, and they both wished each other a good rest of the day… The smile still hadn’t left the older woman’s face when I got off 20 minutes later.