This afternoon at the shop, a very nice lady came in, shopping for beads as a birthday gift for a friend who had taken up beading. She was uncertain of what the friend had, and uncertain of what to buy for her. I recommended a few things to her, but her uncertainty kept her from feeling as though any one thing was quite right. Finally, with the greatest good humor, she said, "I won't involve you in my madness any more."
WELL!!!! I started laughing. How many times has that needed to be said in our lives, by any number of people? How wonderful if that were as accepted a phrase as "have a nice day"! In fact, I think that a movement should be begun to work that phrase into America's vernacular. Mothers and daughters could say it to each other on those days when adolescence and menopause collide. Husbands could say it to wives, when basketball obsession is at its height. You could even shout it to another driver in traffic! It would give us all a dignified way to bow out of sticky situations, or to let someone off the hook when we know they deserve to be. It could replace "It's not you, it's me," which would be a great relief to anyone who's ever been jilted.
Okay, so this doesn't have that much to do with beads, but it's wonderful just the same.
Yours in beads,
Janet
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