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Eye-opener

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posted Wednesday, 26 September 2007

My daughter's anti-mother-in-law teaches ceramic classes.  I've been attending and working on a decorative bowl with holly along the edges.  Hopefully, I'll be finished by December.  Last night I was talking to one of the ladies and twice started a sentence with, "When we lived in Hawaii..."  The second time, she jokingly said something like, "You like to rub it in that you lived in Hawaii.  I would be doing the same thing if it were me."  Her comment made me pause.  Having traveled most of my life with the military, I realized that I section off my life in the places that I have lived.  Such and such happened when I lived there.  So and so occurred when I lived over there.  Most of the people that I've been around have been associated with the military.  They've lived or been where I have, or nearby.  Our lives are similar in many ways and we talk about the places we've been.  I'm finding out that the people in the non-military community where we live now have had different life experiences.  I miss the military community a bit, but I also enjoy learning about the people I'm around now.   

Last night was an eye-opener thanks to that lady in class.


comments (2)


1. Call Me Grandma left...
Wednesday, 26 September 2007 6:59 pm

Hi cyber friend. I wish I lived in Hawaii. I only lived in two different place in my life. Pennslyvania and Ohio. That's it, and I like it that way also. I guess it is what becomes routine or normal that we long for. Hawaii would not be hard to fit into a routine.


2. Amy left...
Thursday, 27 September 2007 10:11 pm :: http://procheinamy.mu.nu

When I tell people about things in the past, I don't mention the Hawaii thing either. I go out of my way to say "When I was in high school" or "Where I used to live, I....." I try not to mention the Hawaii thing unless they ask, which sometimes they do. Then it isn't you bringing it up, but their general curiosity. And I try to point out that we were there cause of the military.