Mom's sunglasses

it's interesting to me how some things trigger memories, almost out of nowhere.  The other day, i was getting ready to leave work and i realized that i had some linens in the car that i needed to take into the building to restock for the next morning.  i turned off the car and got out and loaded up the linens in my arms.  After i put them away, i was walking back thru the kitchen at work and realized i still had my sunglasses on.  i thought to myself "That's odd.  Does anyone really wear sunglasses inside?  Oh well"

i got back into my car and started my drive home when i remembered i time when my Mom had her sunglasses on inside.  i was in the 5th grade and i had been selected to attend the SPEC camp the following summer.  In order to attend, i had to have a "junior" physical from my doctor.  Mom made the appointment and took me to see Dr. Perkins after school one day.  After Dr. Perkins did my physical and we were wrapping things up, Mom asked me to go and wait in the car as she needed to talk to Dr. Perkins.  i didn't really think anything of it, so went out and sat in the car til she came out.  We were parked right in front of the door to Dr. Perkins' office and when Mom came out, she already had her sunglasses on.  At the time it struck me as odd, because she normally waited til she was outside or in the car to put her glasses on.  Mom got in the car and i asked her what she needed to talk to Dr. Perkins about, and she told me she wasn't feeling well....it was probably a cold or something.  Little did i know at that moment that it wasn't a cold.  And little did i know that that night Mom would tell me and Bill the information that would forever change our family's life.

Anyway, it was just interesting to me that that memory came to me that day at work.  Of course, i cherish every memory i have of Mom....and she rocked some sunglasses!