Hey y'all:)
Its Thursday October 17th, 2012. Wanna hear that in French? Ok, well, if you insist:
Jeudi le dix-sept octobre, deux-mille-douze.
Pretty swagtastic right?
I should be studying for my history test right now but I couldn't resist.
So.
What's on my mind? Hmmm...
I was at the hospital for a doctor's appointment, right? It was one I've never been to before. When i was buying a snack, I noticed a guy walking up to the counter girl and talking to her. I'm a human being, not Mother Teresa, so my judgmental mind thought, "Ugh. Employees aren't supposed to talk to their boyfriends during their shifts!!! OMG!" but then I noticed something. This dude, he had a small goatee, looked pretty normal, except for one thing. He had no arms. I immediately sucked in my breath fast. He was a normal hospital patient and just knew the girl that way!". I felt terrible.
We take so many things for granted. After me and my family(that's 10 arms) sat down, we noticed that guy had some food too. See, one sleeve was almost completely empty, but the other was a stump. He picked up the utensil with the stump and continued eating. The weirdest feeling came into my stomach, a sick, regretful, depressing feeling. Don't comment and tell me "What r u talking abt? I thank God(or whoever u believe created the Earth) for my arms every day!". Because none of us do. We just don't appreciate the things we have. We're always looking towards the next biggest thing to get us fame, power, money, or likableness. But things like arms, legs,etc. are things we never think about.
Later, when going to pick something up, i passed the prosthetic section, and saw a cowboy boot and a ballet slipper made into the shape of a leg. It was for younger kids who needed prosthetic legs. It just about broke my heart
Its Thursday October 17th, 2012. Wanna hear that in French? Ok, well, if you insist:
Jeudi le dix-sept octobre, deux-mille-douze.
Pretty swagtastic right?
I should be studying for my history test right now but I couldn't resist.
So.
What's on my mind? Hmmm...
I was at the hospital for a doctor's appointment, right? It was one I've never been to before. When i was buying a snack, I noticed a guy walking up to the counter girl and talking to her. I'm a human being, not Mother Teresa, so my judgmental mind thought, "Ugh. Employees aren't supposed to talk to their boyfriends during their shifts!!! OMG!" but then I noticed something. This dude, he had a small goatee, looked pretty normal, except for one thing. He had no arms. I immediately sucked in my breath fast. He was a normal hospital patient and just knew the girl that way!". I felt terrible.
We take so many things for granted. After me and my family(that's 10 arms) sat down, we noticed that guy had some food too. See, one sleeve was almost completely empty, but the other was a stump. He picked up the utensil with the stump and continued eating. The weirdest feeling came into my stomach, a sick, regretful, depressing feeling. Don't comment and tell me "What r u talking abt? I thank God(or whoever u believe created the Earth) for my arms every day!". Because none of us do. We just don't appreciate the things we have. We're always looking towards the next biggest thing to get us fame, power, money, or likableness. But things like arms, legs,etc. are things we never think about.
Later, when going to pick something up, i passed the prosthetic section, and saw a cowboy boot and a ballet slipper made into the shape of a leg. It was for younger kids who needed prosthetic legs. It just about broke my heart
Chew on that.
I got to go.
Au revoir,
Irene