Succinct

Had a couple instances recently that made me stop and think. Twice in one day, I tried explaining my feelings to my family without much success. Both times, a family member was able to say "oh, you mean....?" and turn my clumsy attempt at explanation into a short and sweet statement. A statement that completely summed up what I was saying. One- I was trying, ineffectually, to describe why the BodyWorld exhibit was so disturbing to me. As I walked through it, I kept thinking "what if Hubby had donated his body? I could be looking at my true love in a museum." And I wanted to know how these otherwise healthy people died. And why a pregnant woman would donate her body and not allow the baby a chance to live. I rambled on and on 'til my sister-in-law said "You mean, you saw the people, not the bodies." Yep. That's just what I said. Later, I was talking about someone we had all seen that day and was asking if I was like her. "Like how?" They asked. "Well, she's just so mean, snappy, and critical, etc." "Oh, you mean the angry one?" Hubby asks. Yeah. That's what I said, only not so succinctly. The angry one. That's something I'd like to work on. I think I'll do that.