Let's take the fact that my mother just passed.* She did not leave any pets but she did leave pet projects. For example, mom loved the 'woman's club' thing. It is now kind of passe to be in a 'woman's club' but I am in one and so is my sister. I just joined because I felt the need to give back to the community. I think I may be called quite often in the future. They saw me at the fundraiser cleaning...yep, I bet I get a call next year on that one! Here's the deal...somewhere in the women's liberation movement f the 60's, we forgot about women's friendships. We told us to go work and be equal but we forgot that women are social creatures.
*Sister Mary does not understand why I use that term. I think it was because in a previous life here I used it a lot.
Women need people. I just came to that huge realization recently; like 2 days ago. We need people just so we know that emotions still exist. Why this observation? Well, Larry and the pink tie. He is bitching about wearing a pink tie to the funeral and his is mostly gray. What a crybaby!
We (the daughters) decided (Mary) to wear pink (mine will be fuchia) to the funeral. Mom loved pink and I made pink and black scrap book folder thingys. Her coffin is pink inside. Mom always wore pink and somehow we got the pink thing going. So, off I go to get Larry a pink tie. I hear my B-I-L is wearing one and already owns one. I find my pink (read: fuschia and how do you spell that?) tank, my daughter is wearing my pink crystals, my niece has pink shoes...we are going pink.
I find a barely pink and gray tie that matches my pink (fusha) tank...bring it home...show it to mr. grumpy ... he whines that boys don't wear pink. Uggghhh!!! I just spent 9 hours on the road and planning a funeral why are you whining? Get over it, you are wearing pink! Come to find out, he had already bought a black tie, on his own, so he was disappointed he could not wear it. It literally is the first article of clothing he has ever bought that is not golf or fishing related.
Still whining, he asks why. I am not sure but I think it was because it was mom's favorite rose color. About that time Mary calls and tells me why we are wearing pink and the baby of the family (well she is 18 now) had asked the pertinent question in a text message to her mom.
"iz ths b/c she wuz a breast cancer survivr?"
I love Miss Kellybelly. (I think she hates me calling her that.) She is so spot on all the time.
Duh...we had forgotten about that. Out of the mouth of babes, you realize how they are why your life is really never over. They will carry on and be aware of the things we were to busy to recognize as life changing events.
I relay this to my husband and his reply was, "boys don't wear pink". My sister Mary had the best reply for him.
Boys don't wear pink but men do. End of discussion.
3 comments:
Linda, y'all are all celebrating Elly's life, so you'll all be 'in the pink' right there with her! I hope the funeral is a warm, loving place for your family.
That's funny...I had the same first thought as Kelly!! Then I remembered it was Gramma's favorite color. And Daddy wears pink...he had that pink golf shirt that he loved and wore until it was see-through! So, he can wear a pink tie. Plus, he looks great in pink. It's his tan.
Yes, Amie, he did have a pink shirt but he called it salmon and peach...never pink! He has a thing about the black tie and I told him he needed one for your wedding. That made him happy. He paid full price.
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