| Karen is one of these individuals!
A Special Person that the world is lucky and Blessed to have around. Yes,
I suppose that there are those who might cringe, feeling uncomfortable
with the antics that they might not do themselves, but laugh or talk about
the memory later, they WILL DO, for these are some of the things that create
the memories we will talk about for many years to come, and throughout
our lives.
In the hot, sultry summer of
1998, in Pleasanton, California a heat wave had come our way and left us
pretty miserable, were it not for the air-conditioning in our office building.
No one was looking forward to leaving and heading home that evening, due
to the heat outside.
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Basically, as the story goes:
Karen said she was hot enough to go wadding in the complex fountain. Upon
hearing that statement, an individual in our company, who I will not mention
at this time, said, "You wouldn't. I dare you! As a matter of fact, I'll
bet you $50 you wouldn't do that. I'll make it $100 if you go through with
it, in your swimming suite, at lunch time the very next day."
Sure enough, that next day
at lunch, the Memory Maker walks out to her car, without saying a
word, grabs her swim suite out, goes into the bathroom, disrobes of her
work clothes, substituting the bathing suite, and grabs sunglasses, magazines,
a floating lounger, and of all things, flippers, which she is wearing as
she walks to the fountain.
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Not a minute later, Karen is sunbathing
inside the fountain at high noon, enjoying the cool of the water, while
the rest of us are in a state of disbelief, and shock, in the sweltering
heat, watching memories being made for generations to tell.
A crowd of people around the
office complex started watching from their windows and calling out for
others to come and watch this crazy "cool" woman in the fountain. It's
true that while it made most people take notice and start to laugh, everyone
probably thought she was crazy. But at the same time, I believe most people
were envious of not only her being cool in the water, but more likely,
because here was a woman, who in being herself, was able to make people
around her laugh and take home another wonderful memory that kept THAT
day from being dull, and normal.
Thanks Karen for just
being YOU!!! I love you very much!!! .
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