Since the beginning of the school year there has been a teenager who walks to school in the opposite direction of my drive out of Milford. He appears to be walking towards the high school. This kid is Justin's doppelganger; but, only in his walk.
It's the craziest thing. I never realized Justin had a particular walk until I saw this kid walking up a hill towards the high school. He had a hooded sweatshirt on, backpack on, hands stuck in the front pocket of the hoodie, and he was just walking to school. Everything about the way he walked reminded me of Justin. It reminded me of college, when I would wait (not so) patiently to see Justin walking from the train station towards my dorm.
I haven't seen the doppelganger in a few weeks, with vacation and my weird hours driving to work. This morning I tried to call Justin at work just to say "Good Morning," but his cell doesn't have service at his office and no one picked up the landline. As I ended the call I turned a corner and there was the doppelganger. Walking around the corner, head down just a little bit, hands in the front pocket, with a little bob in his step. So much like Justin I had to smile.
I am grateful for this kid who walks to school each morning. He doesn't know it, but he makes me smile whenever I see him.
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