familiar compliments from an unfamiliar face

Portland OR

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Never made one of these posts before. Always though they were for weirdos or lonely people. But here I am. A week or two ago, you came into the mexican fusion cafe I work at. You paid me the coolest compliment I've gotten since i started working here. That the music was always awesome whenever I worked the front. I told you I was raised on pop punk and emo, and thanked you for the generosity. You then left with who I assume was your boyfriend/partner. What you didn't know, and what I couldn't find the words to say in that moment (it'd be a bit awkward), is around a year ago, a good friend of mine passed away. A very kind and gentle woman. She was a huge fan of the kind of music you complimented me about, and where this gets strange, is you were the spitting image of her. I had to take a ten to cry some, not sad tears necessarily, but tears. The pain of her not being around has been weighing on my heart a lot lately. Some days have been tougher than is fair. Maybe you coming in was a sign, to not let myself get so down. There are other people out there that showcase the same kind of love and empathy that she did. That I always felt was rare. If you see this... Maybe you can come in again when I'm working. Sometime over the weekend. I'd love to be able to say a less poorly thought out version of all of this. Hope you're well, A.