May I Have Your Autograph?

Seems like there's just one thing after another with our family the past several years. We start recovering from the shock of one bit of news when another one hits us. Just in the past couple of months two aunts have passed away, my mother-in-law had open heart surgery, I had surgery and my husband's cousin had a major heart attack. Then this morning we wake up to find that my nephew went to the hospital last night with a fever of 103.8! They diagnosed him with viral meningitis. Good grief! No wonder I still have high blood pressure! Thankfully he should be okay in about 10 days. 

That news got me to thinking about having to go to work on days when we are not feeling so good, either because we are sick, or tired or just worn out from life. One lady I work with found out that her father passed away last week and she decided to stay at work that morning. She said it was a good distraction to visit with Guests and to be around "family" that she works with every day. I know quite a few of us go to work just to get that "family" hug. We're a pretty close knit group and have plenty to go around. 

It's amazing how Guests can make our day turn around just by the simple things that they do too. One girl shared her story with me last week of coming to work and feeling pretty down. Then a family came up to greet her and the children got out their autograph books and asked for her autograph and took their photo with her. She said it made her day!

I had a shift on Hollywood Blvd. last week, which is pretty rare for me, and I decided to challenge myself to do different creative poses with each group as they came up. I was having a lot of fun getting them to do some crazy, silly things and I turned around and had a line behind me! One lady said they had photos taken further back but saw that everyone was having fun with me so they decided to wait in a line for a photo! How crazy is that! As if there aren't enough lines to stand in!  That's my new goal for my Icon shifts. Fun, unique poses for everyone. I'll let you know how that goes. One of my last families that day came back twice. A father and son came up first while mom and daughter were busy somewhere else. They were so cute and so happy. The little boy must have been about five. We did a bunch of poses with them together then separately. And then they left. Just before I went on break the dad and son came back with mom and daughter. The little girl was about three. So we did some more photos and when I was done the little boy wanted to take a photo with his dad's camera. He was sooooooo cute. He said "Now Daddy, you stand at the end of the white line." Which is what I had told the little boy to do. Then he said " Mommy you stand on that side of Daddy." And then to me he says "Now you stand on the other side of Daddy." I was amazed and amused that he wanted me in the photo too. So I asked Dad and Mom if they were sure they wanted me in a photo. Dad said the little guy was in charge and if he wanted me in the photo then I could be in the photo. It made my day! I was smiling like a fool for the rest of the day thinking about that little boy and his parents who were being so encouraging!

So that's a little bit of pixie dust for the day. Hope you enjoyed it.