it had a big heart scribbled on the date and i immediately began to laugh and a huge smile went across my face…

when asked if i had a husband …. or a boyfriend…. i of course had to answer….. no…. and immediately i received the best  offer of a “date i have had…..in forever….

this 5 year old boy…. decided he would be my “knight in shining armor”.. and take me on a date…

 i can still remember his face as i told him  he could take me on a date…( when he was older… oh course…… ) so we got out my date book…. and figured out  a date….  he continued to watch my date book( so intently) until i  actually put the “date”   in my date book… i don’t  think he actually believed me…until i had written on the pages….  HA!  He made sure to remind me that we would meet on the top of i think it was the Hancock building…( is that  Chicago right?) i think that is  what he said i can’t remember now… but….. as i recalled the day….  babysitting…. kids are really pretty wonderful…    i must admit i
don’t know if he saw  sleepless in Seattle or an affair to remember…
but it was  one of the sweetest gestures… i hope when he grows up he
will still be as thoughtful and think of such romantic plans for his
real girlfriends….  
  
 I’m sure he forgot immediately after the date was scribbled down…   but that simple heart …. seeing it today… made me smile… he’s going to make some girl very happy one day if he can be just as nice and polite and earnest in making a girl happy….  what a  wonderful gesture of asking  this  “dateless” babysitter  on a date…. HA! isn’t that just the sweetest thing?  

 So seriously,  what happens to boys when they grow up?…. do some of them completely lose their romantic  gene?…. or their care and consideration for women gene?… of course not all guys  mind you… i have met some amazing people/men who are compassionate, caring and considerate…  but….  they just haven’t asked me out on a real date… HA!