Worth Saving
Deb Voss Quail People often ask each other what if questions. And so we were, at a club gathering, tossing around the subject of what we would save in an emergency that forced us to evacuate our homes.
There is no doubt for me. In a crisis -- all living beings safe and secure outside my home -- the one thing worth saving would be my sense of humor. So I'd have to go back for the photo of me in the third grade, wearing cat-eye glasses (which I actually thought were all the rage) with my Twiggy haircut. If the photo were a full length one, you'd see the white patent leather go-go boots, too. The mere thought of this childhood photo, let alone actually viewing it, sends my family into spasms of laughter. It would be worth saving this image, above all else, as a remainder that a little self-deprecation is a useful comedic tool and that a sense of humor soothes over many situations.
Deb Voss Quail is a writer and business owner in pastoral Delafield, Wisconsin. Life is quite idyllic now that she no longer has four kiddies in diapers (yep, all four at once, yikes!) and has given up trying to emulate Martha Stewart in the kitchen.
Deb has traded the cat-eye glasses for contact lenses, but still misses those patent leather go-go boots, especially after seeing the recent --really groovy-- Austin Powers flicks.
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