Today I stood in line at the Post Office.
I was waiting to mail off one of my gifts for my promise this year. Which is still going strong, although I must admit I almost forgot last night, with all the Super Bowl hubbub.
Speaking of…
Wasn’t Beyonce amazing?
I was struck by the irony of Beyonce’s incredible girl power during the middle of a game that involves men tackling each other in their long johns.
I digress.
Back to the Post Office.
As I was standing in line today my stomach growled. Not just a little bit either. This was a loud gurgling sound so loud that it startled the woman in line in front of me. The Post Office clerk looked up from his stamping to see what was the matter.
I froze.
I was embarrassed.
I didn’t know what to do.
I was instantly taken back in time to my senior year — going through cancer treatments and arriving at high school late to class, not being able to eat anything (or keep down what I could eat).
In the middle of the classroom, while we were in silent reading time, my stomach would growl so loud it reverberated off the walls. And embarrassed me to no end.
But today, as I stood in line, before I turned all red and embarrassed, I remembered one of my promises to myself this year — to have more fun.
So instead of turning red, I announced VERY loudly for all the postal line to hear, “Did you just hear my stomach growl?”
They laughed.
I laughed.
It was way better than shuffling my feet and pretending that it didn’t happen.
I mean, how could I not pretend it happened when the woman in front of me came three inches off her feet she was so startled?
And, you know what I thought about all that….
WHAT. A. GIFT.
We all laughed.
Then we actually TALKED to each other in line.
Not for very long and nobody said much, but in some odd way we acknowledged each other’s existence.
Which doesn’t always happen at the Post Office.
More tomorrow.
Lovemore,
Jamie
{Does your tummy growl? In public? Share on the blog. Grrrrrr.}
So maybe your tum growled, but …. I wonder if it wasn’t as melodic as Beyonce’s song – I
think she has a beautiful voice, why doesn’t she use it to sing a tune? What’s happening to songs with melody these days? And i think without knowing her that your tum has more personality than hers.
Not that it’s a competition!
Well, my tummy does seem to have the need to express itself, that is for certain! Grrrrrrr. Lots of love, xoxo Jamie