:) Since that was for you, the laugh is a good thing. But, seriously, if you ever suspect someone of being a redneck, sometime when they are acting up say to them, "what would your Mama think?", and watch their eyes. You will know for sure one way or the other.
But y'all have me thinking way too much this morning while the weeds wait to be cut down. Of appropriate responses. What the heck are thoses?? Now, I do know the answer, sort of. Not appropriate. But expected responses, with expected actions to go along with them.
"Why didn't she cry?" Well, duh, maybe it's not her way.
"Why didn't she feel sad?" Because she didn't TELL you? (not you). And maybe she knows her friend is at peace now, out of pain, and treasures the memory of the love they shared. And knows the sun will rise, and the sunset will blaze, and though there is a bit less joy for her friend being gone, joy is not gone. It is all around her. And her friend will never be gone, but always in her heart, and in the way she became more the person she longed to be by watching her friend. And for a woman who always laughed, who always saw the joy, would tears be appropriate? For a woman who always said don't be too sad when I'm gone, but... remember. And hear in your mind one of our favorite jokes as others begin to cry... to make them remember the laughter. Would falling apart then be appropriate? It wouldn't be what was asked.
For someone whose inward and outward responses have never quite lived up to what people expect, this conversation strikes home.
There I'a went. Guess the weeds will wait. It's not like they quit growing because I don't notice them. |
