Just Words

With the way I keep writing about Serena, it might seem as though I might be feeling a certain way about her.  My intent was not to make it so obvious, but in the end, here I am.

I remember that when I first ran into her yesterday at work, she was initially reluctant to have me look at her.  She thought that she had this glaring blemish on her face, one that might somehow turn me away from her.  Truthfully, had she not have mentioned it to me, I would have never noticed.  Even when she pointed it out to me, I didn’t think anything of it.  Even as I write this over a day later, it was never a big deal to me and it isn’t now.  But I know that it bothered her and I wanted to tell her that it wasn’t as catastrophic as she had made it out to be.

This I actually did tell her.  I told Serena (paraphrasing, of course), “I would’ve never noticed it anyway.  You didn’t have to point it out me and I know you think it’s something ugly.  Let me tell you this.  Serena, I don’t care that you might have that ‘whatever-it-is’ on your face.  I think you’re beautiful regardless, both inside and out”.  From that, I was able to garner a smile from her and for me, that was more than enough.  It was a simple, but genuine response, and I think it worked.

Serena later revealed to me that she liked hearing that sort of thing because she’s not and has never been used to hearing anything resembling what I had just told her.  Though I did not tell her this, I thought that this was unusual to hear her say this because I really do find her to be beautiful and I was hard-pressed to believe that no one had ever told her that.

I have to believe that she’s still getting used to how expressive I can be with my words.  I even think that she has never been around anyone who has such a way with words.  Interestingly, my words are not complex, yet amidst their simplicity, they managed to hit Serena in a real and very powerful way.