Mama

Mama typed this and put it in a photo album....

May 15, 1984
It doesn't matter how old one gets,  there are new lessons to be learned every day. It was just yesterday that I finally realized that other people DO NOT perceive me as I see myself. At our EMT class last night, we were all scattered around practicing while Chris (Osten) tested our "skills" (bandaging, CPR, etc). One of the young mothers from Port Bolivar had brought her first grade son for the first time. I was sitting with him looking at his fine coloring books about WWII fighter planes, and the Mom came up. "Matthew", she said, "Do you see that great big hunk of a man over there?", pointing at Chris. "Well", she said, "can you believe that this LITTLE OLD LADY you are talking to is the mother of that GREAT BIG MAN?" I want you to know that I sashayed into the meeting thinking that I was super "cool" with my "alligator" (Izod) shorts, my Bass sandals, my healthy non-smoking body well toned from riding my bike, and what happens? I am utterly deflated and resoundingly settled in my true place in the scheme of things: A LITTLE OLD LADY! So I have reached another plateau in life! Phooey!