“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” spoken by Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Like most good sayings, they’re just words on a page till a personal experience brings them to life. Atticus’ above quote hit home for me when the Universe pulled a Freaky Friday this past Tuesday. Hasn’t the Universe got a calendar?
I’m not talking creep show or anything, but I did wear another man’s skin for a day or two. This was not anything like the dreaded elevator scene in Silence of the Lambs, so let’s not uncork the Chianti and cook the fava beans. But I did figuratively become someone else for a short time, and that someone happened to be my husband!
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