We sat outside Starbucks in the sun drinking coffee, listening to music and watching people.There are a lot of very interesting people down there. I really enjoyed it. An older lady was walking by pushing a stroller, we smiled at each other and said hello. I thought what a beautiful day to be out pushing your grandchild in the stroller but as she got really close to me I noticed it was not a baby in the stroller . It was a brown stuffed bear in baby clothes.She looked very happy, I guess that is all that matters.
It is sad to see so many businesses closing.There was a great little Asian place on the corner that had fantastic curry beef and now it is empty.I liked shopping with my Mom ,Grandma and sister downtown when we were younger. It was sad to see all those stores close.I think they started shutting down when the mall went in Silverdale and JCPenny's moved to the mall. I loved the old JCPenny's downtown. Santa Clause was always next to the escalators downstairs.
I remember when my daughter was an infant and I went shopping there. I thought it would be easy to take the stroller down the escalator.I tilted the stroller back and put the back wheels on the step in front of me and it started going before I got on the step. I almost lost the stroller down the escalator. I panicked and stood at the top holding onto the stroller while it flung around trying to pull it off the escalator with all my might. I think my Mom helped me pull it up. I was so shook up. It took me a while before I could go on an escalator again and I never took a stroller down another one again with any of my children. I used the elevator after that.
With God we will gain the victory. PSALM 60:12
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