"I Didn't Recognize You!"

I got into line at the craft store today.

I recognized the woman in front of me;
she gave me a kind of awkward smile.

She used to work for me;
I was her superviser for a couple of years.

I hadn't talked to her in 4 years;
but we definitely knew each other;
we saw each other a couple of times per week,
for a couple of years.

She clearly didn't want to chat.
She turned away after the awkward smile.
I was sad,
"Had I done something 4 years ago to offend her?"

A few minutes later,
her daughter was being silly with the candy in the aisle;
the mom looked at me, kind of embarrassed;
she asked if my kids had 100% energy like her daughter.
I responded that a few did,
and then asked how she had been.

She looked at me quizzically and said,
"I'm sorry.  How do I know you?  You look familiar."

When I told her where we had worked together,
she stared at me and asked, incredulously,

"Are you Laurel?!?!"

"Oh. My. Gosh.!"

"You look great!"

"You've lost a lot of weight."

"I had no idea."

"I didn't recognize you."


Yea.

Pretty much made my day.

Happy Dance!!!

After I hit the 55 pound lost mark last month, 

two ladies at church asked if I'd lost weight.  

      

I'm glad some people are starting to notice.

     

To me, it seems that I look at lot different . . . 

and I guess the lady at the craft store thought so, too.