“Honey, quit eating so fast. No one’s going to take your food away from you.”
I glance up at her from across the table. She sits calmly, moving the small bits of food around her plate with a fork. In an attempt to ignore her, I direct my focus to the letters glaring in large white font sitting across the room: “At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” The mantra lays on three black planks of wood, propped against the windowsill. It exists in this house as one of the many displays of kind words spoken from the mouths of strangers. Hidden behind pinterest boards and hanging frames, she lives her life vicariously, reciting printed words as if they were inspired by her soul itself. In my eyes, the words appear as contradictions and comedy. A charade performed amidst a one-woman-show starring an actress so talented, she has grown convinced of the plot herself.
I sit staring at the plaque, pondering the ways that she has made me feel. I slowly review the footage in my head that has been long since tucked away and replaced by her singular rendition.
I glance up at her from across the table. She sits calmly, moving the small bits of food around her plate with a fork. In an attempt to ignore her, I direct my focus to the letters glaring in large white font sitting across the room: “At the end of the day people won’t remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.” The mantra lays on three black planks of wood, propped against the windowsill. It exists in this house as one of the many displays of kind words spoken from the mouths of strangers. Hidden behind pinterest boards and hanging frames, she lives her life vicariously, reciting printed words as if they were inspired by her soul itself. In my eyes, the words appear as contradictions and comedy. A charade performed amidst a one-woman-show starring an actress so talented, she has grown convinced of the plot herself.
I sit staring at the plaque, pondering the ways that she has made me feel. I slowly review the footage in my head that has been long since tucked away and replaced by her singular rendition.