Some of us have probably been exposed to COVID-19 and only had mild symptoms and think we never got it, but are carrying the antibiotics that others need....and don’t even know it........
Some of us have been exposed to 1000 different cold and flu germs and never got anything except mild symptoms of worrying that we might get it. The only cold I ever caught was when I worried about catching it, and my mom told me to "dress warm or you might catch a cold," so I didn't. But I still didn't catch a cold anyways.
But, sometimes I worry I might pee my pants laughing about some of the things Lafftur posts, and tears about sad things about mutual love in church and relationships.
WE all love Lafftur, even though we hardly know her.
But, I can't understand why anyone would love her either....
But, I remember my best friend Mary who lived next door, and I was sad because she did have a cold for days, and when I visited her she looked really sad, even though she said she was ok. And I felt helpless and wondered why she had to go through that and I guess it was because they didn't have much cold remedies in the 60's, or no one in her family knew how to buy her some cold medicine from the drug store? I asked her why she wasn't in school for so many days, and why there was a pile of tissues by her chair about 2 feet high? It was very sad. She was suffering and I didn't understand why there could be so many tissues, and why no one could help her. Even though she said she was ok, I knew she was pretty miserable for many days. Doesn't make sense.
Why do these things happen? Her family was a large family, and she lived next door to a doctor, and the doctor's clueless kid couldn't figure out how to help her. But, I never forgot how much she suffered from the flu which can linger as a cold for so long and how helpless I felt. But, she recovered, and used to drop by and make me sing this silly song with her about giving her roses. And she made homemade egg nogg, and I said that it was gross to drink raw eggs, So she kicked me out of her kitchen. But, she might have listened to my advice about heating the egg nogg, but she would never admit it.
Then we had a Christmas play, and she was,....well, Mary. And she was shocked, that I thought Joseph was Jesus and she had to explain to me that the baby was Jesus. She said, "Don't you even know who Jesus is?" I said, "Why is Jesus the baby and not Joseph?" She explained that was what Christmas was all about - when Christ was born.
The teacher said I could be a shepherd, and I was worried I would mess it up, But he said that all I had to do was walk up the aisle, and even I could handle that. She always was the Sunday school teacher's pet, even though my mother was the Sunday school teacher, and she won a prize for learning the Bible verses. But, my mother kicked my brother and I out of her class because we were so clueless about the Bible. But, he eventually got a theology degree, and we argued about the Bible for 20 years.
I told her I was in love with her, but she said, "I don't like you Harold." I still like the doctor's kid from the last doctor who lived next door. I asked her why she like him, when he had moved away, and not me when I still lived there. But, she couldn't quite explain, but she nick named me, "Harry Ecclesiastes." Even though I had no clue what she was talking about, I never forgot.
Then we moved away in a hurry, and I never got to say goodbye.
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