I am a loyal person. Same bank, same hairdresser, same house, same Big Daddy and a vintage pair of Jockey French Cut underwear in a jolly red and white strip. If they went any higher, I could skip the bra. I hang on to things that are important to me. I have no explanation for the undies.
Awhile back, a friend of mine told me about someone at our church who made an insulting remark to her in front of some other people. I did not know this woman and she never offended me, but in a fit of loyalty to my friend, I gave her the stinkeye whenever I saw her. Like, hey, I know what you said to my friend and if you piss her off, you piss me off. It took some work on my part because sometimes I’d forget and then have to backtrack to look at her to deliver the stinkeye.
Recently, I was at a church meeting and she rose to speak. I delivered the stinkeye and she proceeded to be funny and smart and charming. Not only that, I agreed with everything she said and it occurred to me that I’d been delivering the stinkeye to an older version of myself. This put me in a predicament and called for some prayer. Um, yeah, Jesus, I’ve kind of made an ass of myself here lately and a little guidance would be extremely helpful and I sure appreciate the fact that you’re the forgiving type.
Did Jesus answer? He didn’t need to. I already know that when my day of reckoning comes, I’m gonna have some ‘esplainin to do.
i think the stink eye tendency is genetic…
Oh yeah.