Grandma and I have always called Jessie "Betty" and for good reason. Jess has many interests and traits that are so much like her Aunt Betty. She loves flowers and nature and crafty things. She is a very intelligent girl but took a while to figure out that it really is better to just do what the teachers want than to argue with them if you do not think that they are correct. She is in her own world, and has a tendency to not know what is happening in the other world that the rest of us live in, even if it is happening under her nose. Her picture is in the dictionary under the term "oblivious".
Why am I saying this? The telephone just rang and it was my darling daughter. She had just gone to pick up her robes for tomorrow's graduation and was quite surprised when they also handed her honors cords. She would not have known what the pretty gold rope was for if the woman had not congratulated her on obtaining honors as she handed her the cords. Now, let's see if she actually remembers to take the cords to wear tomorrow....
Those of you who know Betty better than Jessie does this all sound like someone you know?
Can I Move A Birds Nest With Eggs
1 year ago
Congrats Jessie! Wish I could be there to see you graduate.
ReplyDeleteMy Mom (Betty) rocks! HARD! I love her view on life and her oblivious state (sometimes she uses her reputation to her advantage. She gets what is going on but finds it much easier to just say, "Huh?" Shhh, don't tell her I spilled her secret. Most of the time the "huh?" is sincere).
Oh, they both know so well how to be "dumb like a fox". And yeah, your Mom rocks, and she can probably tell you what kind of rock, the history of its formation, what kind of vegetation you can find around it, what birds live in that vegetation, find you a feather from one of those birds..., and get lost driving home from there. Now was I talking about Jess or Betty, I just described them both, again.
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ReplyDeleteI know you'll be thinking of me Melanie, and tha's good nuff :D or you could walk here, whatever