TO
WHIMSICAL_ONE'S
SELF
PORTRAIT
PAGE
THIS PAGE IS MY IDEA OF A
SELF
PORTRAIT.
AS I WRITE AND LET YOU GET
TO
KNOW ME, PERHAPS AT THE SAME
TIME I CAN GET TO KNOW MYSELF
BETTER ALSO.
I AM 43 YEARS OLD AT THE
TIME THIS
IS BEING WRITTEN. I HAVE
DONE A LOT
OF GOOD THINGS IN MY LIFE,
AND
OTHER THINGS I'M NOT SO PROUD
OF. BUT OVER ALL I AM CONTENT
WITH WHO I AM, WHO I HAVE
BECOME.
THOUGH AT 43 I'M SURE I WILL
CHANGE STILL MORE AS THE
YEARS
ADD WISDOM LINES TO MY FACE.
(A NICE WORD FOR WRINKLES).
SPEAKING OF WRINKLES !!!
I BELIEVE AS WOMEN THERE
ARE
3 THINGS IN LIFE THAT GIVE
US
AS MANY WRINKLES AS JOYS.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY
3 THINGS.
1.HUSBAND'S:
LETS CALL MINE TERRY.
IF YOU ARE LUCKY YOU GET
A
GOOD ONE. THOUGH IT
IS MY
BELIEF THAT THERE IS NO
SUCH ANIMAL. OH THEY ALL
HAVE GOOD POINTS, BUT LETS
FACE THE FACTS GIRLS. WHEN
EVE ATE THAT APPLE, AND MAN
HAD TO START WORKING FOR
HIS
FOOD...IT PUT AN END TO
ROMANCE.
2. GROWN SONS:
LETS CALL MINE TERRY JR.
AND DONNIE
WHEN EVE ATE THAT APPLE SHE
HAD NO IDEA HOW HER LIFE
WOULD
CHANGE. WHEN THE BABY CAME
ALONG
I'M SURE THEY WHERE THRILLED,
WELL
MAYBE NOT ADAM, ( THE WORK
THING)
I'M SURE EVE WAS HAPPY
UNTIL THE
DAY THE CHILD BECAME A TEENAGER.
THEN I KNOW IN MY HEART,
SHE RAN TO GOD, AND SAID
"PUT IT BACK.!!!!!!!"
3. TEACHER CONFERENCES:
NOW DON'T CALL ME A BAD MOM
OR A UNCARING ONE, BUT WHEN
A TEACHER CALLS YOU AND SAYS
"WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT YOUR
SON"
THE FIRST THING YOU SAY IS
"WHY"
NOW YOU KNOW WHY, YOU JUST
DON'T
KNOW THE WHEN, WHAT,
AND WHERE.
BUT YOU DO KNOW THAT SHE
DIDN'T
CALL TO TELL YOU HOW WONDERFUL
HE IS DOING. THOUGH THIS
COULD
HAPPEN IF YOUR SON IS THE
BEAVER,
WE ALL KNOW THE ODDS
OF IT
HAPPENING ARE SLIM TO NONE.
SO WE SAY IN OUR MOST
INTIMIDATING
VOICE
"OH, ARE YOU HAVING A PROBLEM
WITH
HIM" EMPHASIZING ON
THE YOU.!!
THIS INSTANTLY PUTS THE TEACHER
ON
THE DEFENSIVE (A PLACE SHE
ISN'T
COMFORTABLE IN) BECAUSE SHE'S
USED TO HAVING ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY.
THIS IN TURN CAUSES HER TO
TURN ON
HER TEACHER VOICE.
SHE WILL THEN
EXPLAIN THE REASON
FOR THIS CALL,
( IN THAT TONE THAT
MAKES YOU FEEL
10 AGAIN.) YOU IN TURN,
ONLY HEAR
ABOUT HALF OF WHAT SHE SAYS,
BUT
PUT IN THE NECESSARY "YES
I SEE"
WHILE TRYING TO HEAR THE
END OF
YOUR FAVORITE SOAP-OPRA.
(BECAUSE IT'S A FRIDAY AND
YOU
HAVE TO SEE THE CLIFFHANGER).
I DO WISH THEY WOULD JUST
SEND
A NOTE HOME TO EXPLAIN THE
PROBLEMS THEY ARE HAVING.
BECAUSE QUIT FRANKLY WE ALREADY
KNOW THE OUT COME OF THE
CALL.
THEY WILL GET THEIR WAY.
THE REASON I KNOW THIS
IS BECAUSE
I AM A TEACHER AND
A MOM
........LOL.......
AND TRUST ME, WE HATE THE
CALLS
TOO.
SO NOW YOU KNOW A LITTLE
BIT,
( A VERY LITTLE BIT) ABOUT
ME.
I HOPE I MADE YOU LAUGH
JUST A LITTLE TOO.
TO
HOME
IF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO SCROWL ALL THE
WAY DOWN HERE, I WILL NOW TELL YOU SOME
SECRETS ABOUT THE REAL ME.
I'M A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, A MOM, A WIFE,
A SISTER, DAUGHTER, AND A CYBER NUT.
I HAVE A FEW PEOPLE I CALL CLOSE FRIENDS
THEY ALL KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
AND I CHERISH EVERY
MOMENT I GET TO SPEND WITH THEM.
I LOVE
MY GARDEN, MY HOME, MY KIDS
AND MOST OF THE TIME MY HUSBAND..LOL.
THOUGH AS YOU KNOW THEY ARE AT TIMES
HARD TO LOVE, AND AT OTHER TIMES
TOTALLY IRRESISTIBLE.
WELL THAT'S ME, SORT OF IN A NUT SHELL.
NOT SO DIFFERENT FROM THE REST OF THE
WORLD. JUST TRYING TO FIND MY WAY, TO
THE HEART.