A kid at the county fair made my whole month

I was doing a demo at the old Millbrook fair last weekend, just making some simple S-hooks. This boy, maybe ten, named Leo, watched for a full twenty minutes without saying a word. When I finally handed him a cooled hook, he held it and said, 'It's still warm, like it remembers being fire.' That line stuck with me more than any sale. Anyone else have a moment where a simple comment just hit different?

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elizabeth_garcia7mo ago

Ever notice how the best truths come from kids just saying what they see?

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jade6186mo ago

My nephew once asked why adults laugh when they're not happy, and it really stuck with me.

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olivia3437mo ago

Oh wow, that's beautiful. It's wild how kids cut right to the heart of things, they don't have all the filters yet. I notice that a lot, the most profound observations come from just watching something simple and saying exactly what you see.

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