Last week at the Farmer’s Market, I groggily walked in and stood awkwardly in the doorway because I was a little early. I wasn’t feeling quite like my happy, bubbly self – until a little old woman cheerfully shouted “Come over here darling and try this lotion!”. She wasn’t selling the lotion – she was a customer, along with her doting husband.She took my hand and inspected it closely and agreed that they were quite dry and somewhat scaly (yes, I suffer from extremely, dry winter skin). She immediately applied a dollop of homemade lotion and instructed me to rub it in. While I was soothing my hands with the oil based lotion she patted my back and with a soulful grin said “We girls need to stick together! Even though I could be your grandma, we are soul sisters!”I was filled with warmth, a genuine happiness, and a feeling of true connection to this woman. Amazing things can happen when you put down technology and open yourself up to the people of the world.