If you check out my photo gallery, you'll see a newphoto of me. I'm posing at work with five members of the Radio City Rockettes. They made a visit to my workplace last week and, as the communications manager, who also happens to get around in a wheelchair, of course, I made a great photo opp. When I saw the photo, my first response was: "Oh, Lord! I am so NOT a Rockette!"
These ladies were fabulous. They posed with photo after photo without complaint, with clients and visitors, kids to seniors. They even did some high kicks. They were great. I have my Christmas card photo for the season. It will rank right up there with one two years ago, also at work, when I got to pose with my Minnesota Twin baseball idol Harmon Killebrew.
My boss saw the photo of me with the Rockettes, picked it up from my desk at work and commented: the variety in our species is amazing, isn't it? I just burst out laughing. That was a great way to put it. Here I am, squatty, round, red faced me, with tall leggy blondes with sparkly costumes. She was right: the human species; the female species is pretty amazing.in our variety.
It's a good thing I have pretty good self-esteem. If not, the photo would have put me over the edge. I know I'm not in their league, but that's okay. I think the comparison is fun and acknowledge my own unique strengths: stubborness, loyalty, a sense of humor, dependability, wisdom, a sense of fun.... some others also I won't name here.
While I may not be able to kick my leg up to touch my nose, I can get my butt in an out of bed myself, on the toilet myself (a huge accomplishment that took 44 years to accomplish), andam a fabulous cook. Next time the Rockettes are in town, I might just take in their show. They were fun and brought smiles to lots of faces during their visit. A very good visit, indeed!
