"I've never been here before, I..I... I don't know what to do"
She had just got out of the pool. I slowly explained to her to shower , then change.
She refused to shower because she showered before she came... I thought oh well alright.
I figured there was something mentally wrong with her... then she continues to talk..
"I'm 10 , Ill be 11 in a month, one foot is bigger than the other . You see when I was born my foot bended like this" & she stretched out her hand and bended it all the way back ... then I was sure she had some kind of defect because her hands were strange & the way she carried herself in general wasn't in the norm. Either way, I don't know for sure, some people are just different.
She forgot to bring under garments , so I told her I'd dry her bathing suit & before I said anything else she snapped real fast..
"I have to use the restroom" & I said "okay go a head it will be ready when you come out" she just stared at me blankly, we were right next to the toilet stalls. I said "is everything okay" more blanks stares, i pointed to my left "right there" ...
"Oh..." she walks in & comes right out. I help her change & I was thinking to myself about the conversation I had with my sister earlier about college & what we wanted to do with out lives..
"I like helping people, I always have. Maybe this is what I want to do , I want to help people." I thought silently.
I knew I needed to catch her name before she left..
So I said "Hey, what's your name?"
She looks up & says "I'm Natalie"
& that's when I was sure that this was a sign, I'm sure now, I want to go in to something that involves with helping people. I want to help, I want to interact with new people , especially children.
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