Words From a Brotha

I have to write about this memorable incident. Last Saturday, I was in Leimert Park getting my hair done. Leimert Park is a nice little area of black owned shops and businesses. If you catch the opening of "Moesha", you'll see her dancing in front of a huge water fountain---that's Leimert Park. Well anyways, as I was getting my hair done, I remembered that I was parked at a meter and my time was about to expire. I needed to go out and put in some more change in order to extend my time. The funniest, yet pleasant thing occured as I went outside, with my hair half way done (looking busted as hell), and my beauty shop garment on. This brotha, who is probably in his mid-thirties if not older, walks by and exclaims how black women are so beautiful. "Black women, oh my God, yall are so beautiful. Oh my, God knew what he was doing when he made black women cause yall are just the best thing I've ever laid my eyes on." As he continues to walk past me, he just can't help himself. He stops, and comes right back to add how "I can't even stay in this place for too long, cause yall are just so beautiful, I can't even concentrate." He continues, and then pauses and comes back for one more round---it was something complimentary, and I just smiled and said thank-you.

Ahhh...it was just nice to be complimented by a man, in LA, who wasn't even trying to hit on me, but just felt compelled to say what was on his mind. I was trully tickled inside :)