As I was helping Mom move from Independent Living to Very Assisted Living I spent more time wandering around the community where she lives without having her with me. I had noticed over the years that people knew that I'm "Ann's daughter" -- we look very much alike, it's not that great a logical leap -- but I hadn't realized how throughly until they would stop me in the halls every other day or so and ask about her.
I told her at dinner the other night that it was a darn good thing that she had raised me to have a decent set of manners because had I been a rude, obnoxious daughter, everyone would have known exactly who had fallen down on the job.
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"So, Leta, is it difficult to live your life so that whenever you need to illustrate a point, you have an anecdote from your personal experience?" No, not really.
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2 comments:
The woman known for her goodnight speech (you know, "Thankyouverymuch,I'vehadawonderfultime, wereallymustgettogetheranddothisagainsometime"), even to Skraelings, isn't one that I'd worry about having decent enough manners.
Sometime, I need your advice on shopping for dependent living in your area - like Reston.
Yea, right, real good manners. Like making rude observations about Hostess snack foods while people are in mid-bite. ;-)
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