It was halfway through the fair and we had a mid-afternoon torrential downpour. We stood at the window of the General Manager’s office watching everyone running for cover into any building they could find. Uh-oh the day was going to be disappointing — the street in front of the building cleared completely of any people. Then, out of the cover of a nearby building we saw a little girl running with an umbrella. She stopped in the middle of the street. Uh-oh double whammy — a lost child. But no — her parents watched from the shelter of the building, and we watched from our “ivory tower” as it were, as she stopped, put the umbrella out in front of her, face up to the pouring rain and began to spin and dance on the empty street. She had a huge smile on her face, and you could almost imagine you were hearing her sing “I’m dancing in the rain, what a glorious feeling, I’m happy again.” It was one of those moments that sticks in your mind at the ability of children to find joy and happiness in everything. Turned out to be a wonderful day!!
