Cute Story
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Today I was walking to class from the jewelry studio, when a woman approached me.
She was in my ANT101 class last year, and sat in front me. One day in class, we were talking about heritage and she said she didn't know her's because she was adopted, but she thought she was 25% Irish. I responded "That's all it takes!"
Today she said to me that she's never belonged to an ethnic group, and that she never felt welcome by any heritage. Until I said that. She was a 40 something mom that never knew her family.
Well, that day because if my comment she decided to research her parents, and as a result, found out she was 90% Irish.
She thanked me over and over again, and all I could say is "Us Mcs don't care if you're 5%, 1%, or 100%. If you want to be with us, then that's good enough for us."
She's thinking of continuing her studies of Anthropology in Ireland now.
The moral of the story:
Give a compliment at every available opportunity, and accept people. You never know when it will change a life.
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