Walking

There is a moment.
You are walking across campus and you see something.
Another person.
No biggie, there are thousands of people walking around between classes.
Something is different, because you know this person...
...but you don't know how...

I saw someone today.
She had a dark coat like everyone else.
She was reading a book, but so is that other guy.
She walked really fast, bummer, another geek like me.
But she had a bright yellow scarf.
I know this woman...
...but how...

In that fraction of a millisecond, your brain runs through every interaction you have ever had.
Think. Think. Think.
THAT'S MY MOM!!!!

Quick, walk even faster and even more like a freak.
Stand in her way and wait until her millisecond is over and she realizes she almost died for you.

MELINDA!!!!

HI MOM!!!

hugging ensued