#bridgesetsound

I went to the pharmacy today to get something to soothe a mild sore throat and the woman who helped me, about late 30s-early 40s in a dusty, white lab coat with 3 cellphones in her pockets, didn’t speak a word of English. But we have cellphones to translate so all is well! (That’s still absolutely amazing to me.)

But eventually she got me what I needed. All the while her being professional but slightly vexed. Not angry or negative but having to jump through hoops, it can be a bit taxing in a 3 sentence transaction. I asked her how much to take and her app said “10 decades” LOL so we had a laugh and got it straight. She was very sweet and took the time to take care of me so before ending, I typed into my translator app:

“You’re like my mother away from home.”

She looked at me and her smile curled up with a loving, heart filled grin like only a mother could and it was the cutest thing I had ever seen. Like “Of course sweetheart, anything I can do to make you feel better.” and gave me a little bottle of chest rub as a gift to me.