All the Friends You Can Make From a Smile
If Twyla met Fatima... The tension reaching across the small coffee shop table was buzzing like a live electric fence waiting to electrocute someone. After Twyla had started attending Fatima’s yoga classes, Biniam noticed the competitiveness between the two women and suggested they get to know each other better before one of them got hurt trying to out-yoga the other. “so, Biniam said you’ve been doing his yoga classes for a while, you seem pretty practiced.” Fatima barely looked up from stirring her coffee to reply, “It’s therapeutic, makes me more aware of my body”. Twyla’s “yeah. I get that.” plunged them into silence once again. Both women turned to see two young girls walk by on the sidewalk outside the window of the coffee shop. The girls glared at each other as their mother scolded them. As Twyla turned back to face Fatima, she realized how stupid their reluctance to make friends was. She took a deep breath, preparing to say something about their p