<p>Unfortunately, there are no erasers for memories, especially embarrassing ones. Have you ever had the misfortune of being in an awkward situation?<br /><br />Waved at someone you thought that you knew and then discovered it wasn’t the same person? Want to read about a blunder or two in my life?<br /><br />I had just got married and moved to a new place. It was exciting meeting new people.<br /><br />I was standing with a group of my husband’s friends outside church and the guys were commenting about every gal that passed by.<br /><br />Along came a female with a funny walk (or so I thought) and I didn’t hear any remark. In a voice dripping with sarcasm, I asked the guys, why were they not commenting about this girl? I heard one of them mumble, “She is my sister”. Did I want to stick pins in my mouth? You guessed right. <br /><br />I recalled the wise words of Thomas Fuller “Birds are entangled by their feet and men by their tongues”. If the above was a rib tickler, here is more to keep you amused. We were celebrating our Silver Wedding Anniversary. The church was beautifully decorated and crowded, with our friends inside.<br /><br />My husband and I were waiting for the priest to come and take us up to the altar. I was just as excited as I was 25 years earlier. And then it happened! Snap! The heel of my shoe got stuck in the pavers and broke. My excitement changed to utter embarrassment. I was flustered and upset. My unease congealed into anxiety. <br /><br />Then I decided to that the situation by the horns. Looking around to see if anyone noticed, I bent down, took the heel and put it in my clutch purse. Since I was wearing a gown, I decided to tip toe to the altar. To my good luck, nobody noticed it. I was lucky to have our house close to church, so my sister-in-law went and got me another pair of shoes. Rightly said, “Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity.”<br /><br />Life gives us a lesson or two in humility, when we least expect it.There are more embarrassing escapades is my life. Someday maybe, I will muster enough courage to reveal a few more. I end with these wise words of Bacon, “There is in human nature, more of the fool than of the wise.” <br /></p>
<p>Unfortunately, there are no erasers for memories, especially embarrassing ones. Have you ever had the misfortune of being in an awkward situation?<br /><br />Waved at someone you thought that you knew and then discovered it wasn’t the same person? Want to read about a blunder or two in my life?<br /><br />I had just got married and moved to a new place. It was exciting meeting new people.<br /><br />I was standing with a group of my husband’s friends outside church and the guys were commenting about every gal that passed by.<br /><br />Along came a female with a funny walk (or so I thought) and I didn’t hear any remark. In a voice dripping with sarcasm, I asked the guys, why were they not commenting about this girl? I heard one of them mumble, “She is my sister”. Did I want to stick pins in my mouth? You guessed right. <br /><br />I recalled the wise words of Thomas Fuller “Birds are entangled by their feet and men by their tongues”. If the above was a rib tickler, here is more to keep you amused. We were celebrating our Silver Wedding Anniversary. The church was beautifully decorated and crowded, with our friends inside.<br /><br />My husband and I were waiting for the priest to come and take us up to the altar. I was just as excited as I was 25 years earlier. And then it happened! Snap! The heel of my shoe got stuck in the pavers and broke. My excitement changed to utter embarrassment. I was flustered and upset. My unease congealed into anxiety. <br /><br />Then I decided to that the situation by the horns. Looking around to see if anyone noticed, I bent down, took the heel and put it in my clutch purse. Since I was wearing a gown, I decided to tip toe to the altar. To my good luck, nobody noticed it. I was lucky to have our house close to church, so my sister-in-law went and got me another pair of shoes. Rightly said, “Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquillity.”<br /><br />Life gives us a lesson or two in humility, when we least expect it.There are more embarrassing escapades is my life. Someday maybe, I will muster enough courage to reveal a few more. I end with these wise words of Bacon, “There is in human nature, more of the fool than of the wise.” <br /></p>
