I will never forget the time my husband and I were invited to some new friends’ house for dinner.  Our daughter was barely three months old.   My husband walked in before me and began immediately chatting with his new friend.  I was behind him carrying our baby.  When the hostess, whom I had never met, saw me her hello comment was, “Oh are you baby-sitting tonight?  I didn’t know you had grandchildren.”
     My first reaction was to look over my shoulder.  She couldn't be talking to me.  In my mind I was a brand-new mother.  I was still nursing!  Suddenly hundreds of questions filled my mind.  Did I look like a grandmother?  Was I old enough to be mistaken for a grandmother?  Was I that much older than this woman?  Was it time for that face-lift I had been talking about for the last few years?  I didn’t know how to respond so I just started laughing.  Uh, no," I replied.  This is my baby."  I was thirty-nine.
     You wouldn't think that friend would become a good friend over the years, but she did.  As time went on, I found out that she lied about her age, but to my surprise, she told people she was  older than she was!  She didn't think people in the business world would take her seriously if they knew her real age.  Much to my surprise, she's 15 years younger than me.  

"I didn't know you had grandchildren.  Are you babysitting tonight?"
     "Uh, no," I replied.  "This is my baby."

This picture was taken the very same day...

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