Tuesday, April 08, 2008

The need to be seen

When I was a little girl I used to watch a show called Romper Room, and at the end of each episode "Miss Carol" looked straight at her television audience through her hand-held hoop-on-a-stick.

"I see Johnny," she would say, "and Suzy, oh, and there's Bobby! I see Cindy, and Billy..."

And while she listed all the children she saw through the TV set, I would wave and shout, "And Katie! Over here Miss Carol, you see Katie!"

But she never said my name. Miss Carol never saw me.

I guess that explains it.

5 comments:

Reverend Shawn said...

When I was little, our Miss Betty never saw me either ... OBVIOUSLY the foolish women HAD to ignore those destined for greatness ...

Thier loss !!!

CJGallegos said...

Katie! What a coincidence. Yesterday a woman with a flip hairdo and a big plastic wand was walking down Pacific Garden Mall saying, "I see you, Katie. I see you!" Of course that kind of behavior is common for SC.

Blessed said...

I too use to watch that program.

By the way Katie, I see you!

Also, I just wanted to let you know that I love that Woody Allen quote on your sidebar.
I am a collector of quotes and ironically I stumbled across that very quote today when I was searching "suffering".

AMGallegos said...

I rest my case.

Katie Bowen said...

Thanks all, I feel much better now.