Nathan, May 2010 | i will never forget this man. i honestly do think about him, sporadically. he was young. fresh. ripe. he had just arrived to this park. he came from a town not too far from houston, i think he said killeen. i cannot quite remember. but he walked up to us and i handed him a sack lunch. he said thank you. we locked eyes and i saw a moving ocean inside. his eyes were enchanting. captivating. wondrous. i told him with the deepest sincerity, "oh my, you have beauuutiful eyes!" he smiled with coy and replied, "wow. thank you. i have never heard that ever before." i said, "are you serious??? they are just beautiful!" he said thank you again and began to talk to us about a scripture he had been reading. he had a few detached pages from the Bible that he had been reading. at the time, he was reading the king james version of isaiah 54, i believe. and he gave me a page. i felt so honored. i walked away to go speak to a man that was under a tree not too far away. while we were speaking, he asked of my name and i told him. as i was departing, nathan ran up to me and said "take care of yourself, it was nice meeting you, Jasmine." i was overwhelmed and i said, "how did you figure out my name!!!?" he said, "i overheard you tell him." i gently smiled at him and said, "you take care of yourself as well. i hope to see you again." he said, "me too."