Today being December 1 is of course, World AIDS Day. I went to the Library at 10 this morning and hung my Memorial Quilt display with the help of John Mark, Linda, Julie and another lady who I forget her name. Then I went to lunch, Bought goose food, stopped and visited my banker lady, came home, fell asleep in the chair and woke up to a whole new world.
The grand daughter came after school so she could go to the Observance this evening with me. I forgot the cookies. I forgot the camera. I forgot my water. So I was pretty sure I was on a losing streak. The program was fairly simple and went well. Linda was the emcee. Joanne Grove presented the statistics which amazed me even now. I must verify them before I report them, just cause that is what I do. Eddie Three Eagles told how AIDS affects the Native Americans. And he remembered me from last year. I presented my two new panels and then they were blessed by Rev. Lamb. John Mark then gave his story putting a face on AIDS. He has been positive for 27 years; over half of his life. Then we all gave names to people who have passed and wrote their names on a red ribbon and hung them on the tree. the ice cream cake donated by Dairy Queen was by that time starting to melt. They should have opened a window and it would have frozen right back up.
The plan was to then go down to the first floor foyer and pick up a candle and have it lit and proceed outside. Deven and I were inside and I was in no hurry to go out in the 1 degree weather. Two young teenagers came in past the candle lighters and stopped near us. The following conversation ensued.
Girl: I wonder why they are lighting those candles.
Me: It is in observance of World AIDS Day.
Girl: What is AIDS Day?
Boy: That is that disease you hear about. AIDS!
Girl: Oh, wow! They are celebrating STD's?
Boy: No, I don't think so. I think they are not happy about it.
Me: We do it in rememberance of all the people who have died. But listen, we were up on the fourth floor and there is a lot of literature about it up there. Also an ice cream cake that needs eaten.
Boy: Gee, thanks.
And they got in the elevator for the fourth floor. Deven and I looked at each other in amazement. She is 14 and very wise for her years. I was amazed that the two on their way up knew what STD's were. I never figured that out until I was 40 years old.
But World AIDS Day is over for another year and my camera is hanging on the newel behind me where I hung it this morning so I would not forget it. My quilts will be hanging on the fourth floor for a week and then I will go pick them up. Guess they are on loan to the Library. I am rather happy that they will be there so people can see and wonder what they are for. So I put up a short paper on what they were and why they were there.
Now I am tired. And it is very cold. So I am going to nuke my rice bag and my corn bag and call it a night. And I am going to throw another blanket on the bed. I love to crawl in a cold bed and pull the covers way up, but I have the hot thing down there on my feet and off to sleep I go. Life is good.
The grand daughter came after school so she could go to the Observance this evening with me. I forgot the cookies. I forgot the camera. I forgot my water. So I was pretty sure I was on a losing streak. The program was fairly simple and went well. Linda was the emcee. Joanne Grove presented the statistics which amazed me even now. I must verify them before I report them, just cause that is what I do. Eddie Three Eagles told how AIDS affects the Native Americans. And he remembered me from last year. I presented my two new panels and then they were blessed by Rev. Lamb. John Mark then gave his story putting a face on AIDS. He has been positive for 27 years; over half of his life. Then we all gave names to people who have passed and wrote their names on a red ribbon and hung them on the tree. the ice cream cake donated by Dairy Queen was by that time starting to melt. They should have opened a window and it would have frozen right back up.
The plan was to then go down to the first floor foyer and pick up a candle and have it lit and proceed outside. Deven and I were inside and I was in no hurry to go out in the 1 degree weather. Two young teenagers came in past the candle lighters and stopped near us. The following conversation ensued.
Girl: I wonder why they are lighting those candles.
Me: It is in observance of World AIDS Day.
Girl: What is AIDS Day?
Boy: That is that disease you hear about. AIDS!
Girl: Oh, wow! They are celebrating STD's?
Boy: No, I don't think so. I think they are not happy about it.
Me: We do it in rememberance of all the people who have died. But listen, we were up on the fourth floor and there is a lot of literature about it up there. Also an ice cream cake that needs eaten.
Boy: Gee, thanks.
And they got in the elevator for the fourth floor. Deven and I looked at each other in amazement. She is 14 and very wise for her years. I was amazed that the two on their way up knew what STD's were. I never figured that out until I was 40 years old.
But World AIDS Day is over for another year and my camera is hanging on the newel behind me where I hung it this morning so I would not forget it. My quilts will be hanging on the fourth floor for a week and then I will go pick them up. Guess they are on loan to the Library. I am rather happy that they will be there so people can see and wonder what they are for. So I put up a short paper on what they were and why they were there.
Now I am tired. And it is very cold. So I am going to nuke my rice bag and my corn bag and call it a night. And I am going to throw another blanket on the bed. I love to crawl in a cold bed and pull the covers way up, but I have the hot thing down there on my feet and off to sleep I go. Life is good.
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