After Mom had her stroke, she did therapy. She had retired from a management position and had taken courses in motivation. She was also a natural-born cynic. So she used to snort dismissively when she accomplished a simple task and her therapist crowed, “Good job!”
Once she came home, it always made her chuckle when I did the same thing, so we fell into the habit of saying, “Good job!” to each other a lot.
I think it was subliminally good for her (I know it was for me). She became less disheartened over her failing health and mental powers. One day, she couldn’t remember something. Instead of getting frustrated, she said,
“My forgetter is working really well today!”
To which I replied …. Yep. You’re way ahead of me. That’s exactly what I said.
This post is part of Linda G. HillÂ’s weekly blog hop, One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner or just like them, follow the link.
A WRITING PROMPT FROM ME TO YOU: Somebody forgets something.
MA
Ally Bean
November 20, 2019 at 7:59amA one-liner for all of us. Nicely said.
Marian Allen
November 20, 2019 at 8:18am🙂
Dan Antion
November 20, 2019 at 8:08amGood job! I like that. I never thought about my forgetter 🙂
Marian Allen
November 20, 2019 at 8:18amMy forgetter works better every year. Practice makes perfect.
Mitchell Allen
November 20, 2019 at 8:55amMarian, they have pills for that. I just forget what they’re called. 🙂
Cheers,
Mitch
Marian Allen
November 21, 2019 at 8:16amLOL!
Roy A Ackerman, PhD, EA
November 20, 2019 at 9:27amAll of us have our forgettors working better each day…
Marian Allen
November 21, 2019 at 8:17amTrue. True.