I was riding the train with Peppa when this little boy took a liking to her. He petted her and we talked for a bit. The kid was super cute and really inquisitive about Peppa. He spoke to me in Spanish. Some of the words were new to me but I understood him. He is from Honduras and here with his mom and he was telling me about a dog he has back home. He kind of reminded me of myself when I was younger, mostly in how he looked because I really do not remember what kind of kid I was at that age. His innocence fascinated me. He had no reservations about talking to me. He got real close to Peppa and it was just pure, simple curiosity.
It made me a little sad because that kind of innocence feels gone for me. My thought process went straight to the optics of a kid getting close to my dog when I am a grown man. It was an innocent moment but because of the world we live in you always have to be careful and protect yourself. Still, I felt sad that I cannot remember what it was like to be that pure and I really hope no one steals that from him as he gets older. I told his mom he reminded me of me and a little bit of my son when we were both little.
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