I am sharing as part of the TWT Slice of Life community today.
It's summer and it's NJ warm, not Arizona hot. I thought I had dressed appropriately for the doctor appointment in a skort and white tee. I wore my sandals because shoes would be extra weight on the scale. The waiting room was packed with the humans who either had the same Monday morning time slot, were shipped in from the Jersey Shore, or were serious about trying to fool the scale! They wore bikini tops and shorts that just grazed the parts you should keep covered. I tried not to stare. I tried to be jealous of their weight loss strategies. I tried to rationalize they were going to have to get undressed anyway! I really do not know what they were thinking?
As I went through a old photos (my June project), I found photo evidence of Queenie, my Grandfather's pet fox from the era when my Mother was a young girl! I had heard reference to the "pet" and now I have photo-evidence of such a critter. I did check with AI, and it would appear it is now illegal to own one in most states. They are wild animals with high energy and will (according to Google) mark their territory and attack for protection if you know what I mean. Yet, here are photos of my mother (the little one) and her sister, and my grandfather, Gerow, with Queenie! Seriously, what were they thinking?
I thought about all the other what were they thinking moments just today, like what were they thinking with that Reflecting Pool mess and what were they thinking when they rented MSG for a wedding decoy (wedding)? Then, I thought about how my Grandmother and my Mother would have been appalled that I wore a skort and plastic sandals (even if they were Oofoss) to a doctor appointment! Perhaps, many of us could use a reminder to think about the impact of our decisions.
4 comments:
Anita,
I think it’s human nature to judge others and something each of us have to keep in check. I also think religion (mine anyway) promotes that judging. I’ve worked on undoing that for years. Occasionally I see a post on threads where someone is judging another’s dresss, and the comments eviscerate that person, Those posts have helped me keep my judgments in check. However, politicians need our judgment, and we have a responsibility to judge them. The reflecting pool illustrates that. Everything Trump does is designed to destroy a little more of d.c. and is a grift.
I love how old photos inspired your writing and filled you with thoughts today. To judge, as Glenda says is such a human response. I am reminded of Mel Robbin's reply - Let Them!
I am chuckling at this post, how you went from one “What were they thinking?” All the way to the blankety blanket reflecting pool. Seriously! Just yesterday I was wearing a T-shirt to a funeral and felt so uncomfortable even though we were honoring our founding mother of the League of Women Voters by wearing our shirts. Others were dressed more formally. Oh, well. We made our point in the rememberances.
Maybe it is my old age, but like you I sometimes find myself thinking what was going through the minds of people when I see what they are wearing in stores and even to church. I little decorum please. arjeha
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