Thursday, May 21, 2009

Appearances






A photo of a man who had a face transplant appeared in the Boston Globe; his story and his words accompanied the photo.

It's hard to imagine the isolation fostered on someone whose face causes others
to turn away to avoid staring.

The world must like synchronicity.

Yesterday I was food shopping, checking my list for the vegetables I needed to make ratatouille. A woman wearing a short sleeve cotton dress —a patterned dress with muted shades of blue or perhaps brown—looked at the green peppers, taking great care with her selections. I watched her bend over the peppers–discarding or keeping. I’m a quicker shopper.

When she turned around I noticed her face—so disfigured. A little boy started to stare and his mother whisked him off to look for cookies before he blurted out a comment or pointed.

I asked silently," Do you have someone, a friend or family, to share the meal that includes the lush green peppers?"

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