What I learned at the Farmers Market today........... [View all]

[mrmpa]

I had my mom sit at a picnic bench, while I took some things to the car. Across from the bench was a husband and wife, in their early '70's. I had on a political button, it's pink and states Solidarity and Women's Rights. Mom's button she was wearing, has Rosie the Riveter and states "I am woman and I vote." When I returned to collect my mom, the man looked at me & the pin (I began to cringe, because of what I expected to hear). But I didn't hear that, the man said "I paraded in Chicago, in the '70's for womens rights." He further added that he didn't understand why the ERA wasn't law by now.

We talked for a few minutes, learned he was a union stalwart, and Obama was getting his vote. The President was in town last week, I told the man I had gone to see him. Both he and his wife got the biggest smiles, which got even bigger when I showed them the pictures I had taken on Friday.

What I learned, what you expect, is often not what you get.