Fawlty Showers 2
How am I Supposed to Feel?
Randy and Abigail came back from the funeral in surprisingly
good moods.
“How was it?” I asked.
Randy said, “Odd at first. Everybody strained to say
something nice about her. Then, my crazy great-uncle said, ‘Knock off the long
faces. She was mean as a snake and selfish to the core.’”
Abigail said, “I was sad for her. She was an unhappy woman.
But he was right. We were pretending to feel the way we thought we were
supposed to feel.”
“You know, it feels good to admit you feel just the way you
feel,” Randy said, smiling. “I was making myself feel bad because I didn’t feel
bad about her passing. You feel me?”
I laughed, “You felt better when you stopped beating
yourself up over how you thought you should feel.”
Randy nodded.
Abigail shocked me. “Let me tell you how I REALLY feel. I
want to dance on her grave, then plant geraniums all over it. She hated
geraniums.” She picked up a specimen cup. “I know just how I’ll water them.”
Today I won’t beat myself up over how I think I’m supposed to
feel.
Fawlty Showers 2
is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you
might know is purely coincidental.
Other works by Ken Montrose are available at:
• www.greenbriartraining.com
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