“OUCH!”

My niece Patty has this unique skill of 

picking up on put downs - sneaky innuendos -

and digs people say - to say I'm better  

than you. She says a naked, “Ouch!” 

She then tightens her jaw a tiny bit. 

She’s my godchild, so I brag about her.
I must add:  she didn’t get this from me. 

But after I hear that “Ouch!” and see 

her face, I think back to the comment 

that evoked that “Ouch!” out of her. 

It could be about clothes or work or 

someone’s kids or weight. “Ouch!” 
It says to me: "Have a sense of justice,
fairness and respect for others. Pick up 
on put downs and you too, scream, “Ouch!” 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2018