Santa Cruz still feels like a ghost town sometimes. Even over a year into all of this. But tonight, I saw teeny glimpse into a life more normal.
I pulled up to a stoplight and noticed two twenty-something girls standing in front of a restaurant awkwardly trying to take a selfie. They were struggling to get the restaurant sign and both their faces in the photo. I was watching them in a daze, slightly amused, when I realized the guy in front of me was sort of heckling them. I couldn't hear what he was saying, but all of a sudden he did a quick a U-turn and pulled up to the curb. He hopped off his bike, grabbed their phone, took a great photo, high-fived them and managed to turn back around before the light turned green.
It filled my heart with so much warmth I almost teared up. I realized it had been entirely too long since I'd seen spontaneous human connection and strangers being kind to one another.
