Ms C. – a
delightful lady with a strong British accent – uses my services on
a weekly basis for her hairstyling and related beauty salon
requirements. This one trip (on a usual Thursday morning at 10:00
a.m.) she was in a giggly mood as I escorted her to the van. The
gurgled laughter continued as she told me that as she was preparing
for the trip with me to her appointment she wanted to take care of
everything before leaving – more giggles – but as she left her
‘loo’ (as she called it) she couldn’t believe that her
“knickers were still at her knees. It was at this point that I had
lost composure and we both laughed as we tried to imagine her
arriving at the front entrance without fixing that most embarrassing
oversight. I still smile as I think of her apologetically laughing
almost all the way to Quinpool Road (an 8 minute ride). Ms C.
is truly young at heart and enjoys each of these borrowed days.
That same day as I
returned to drive Ms C back she talked about the cliques she
noticed in the dining room back at the residence. She felt hurt as she
noticed nine people reserving a table so as not to involve others who
may be at a different financial situation or level of accomplishment.
She made a profound statement that “each of us pays with the same
green and we are only as good as our own achievements as opposed to
those gained from hanging on to another’s coat-tails”. Such a
profound statement!! (Ms C passed away May 2015.)
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