I was remembering today some of the things I thought when I was little, maybe six or seven years old, or even earlier. Here are a couple of examples. Almost everyone who I met outside of the immediate family, always seemed to talk about how fair I was; remember there were 5 other children in the house at this time and I was the only one who had blonde hair and blue eyes. My hair wasn't just blonde, it was white, and my skin wasn't just fair it was almost translucent. At age five or six I thought fair meant that I would always share everthing equally, that was the only definition I knew for fair. So, whenever I heard I was fair, I felt I should confess and tell them that I wasn't always fair, sometimes I took a bigger piece or if I could get away with it I would take an extra candy or whatever I enjoyed. I think I was 8 or 9 before I realized that they referring to my colouring. By that time I just thought I was strange looking, I didn't know what an Albino was but if I did I would have thought I was one.
The other example I was thinking of was hearing the name Rich Man, at least that is what I heard. My dad would say that he had to get lumber or plumbing supplies or whatever he needed while building the house from Rich Man. My mother would talk about how much they owed Rich Man or how much they were paying Rich Man. They talked and argued about Rich Man a lot. Probably about the same time that I realized fair meant that I looked like an Albino, I realized that Rich Man was really a lumber company in Port Colborne called Richmonds Lumber and Building Supplies. That cleared up some weird thinking that I had, I used to wonder why they had to give this Rich Man all the money, and no wonder he was Rich Man if everyone did that. I try to remember when I am talking to small children that they take what you say literally.
Evening Thoughts And Rememberances
Friday, March 25th, 2011............9:45p.m.
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