Every day, I find a mystery or two.
I like that about days…. the little mysteries which amaze, amuse, scare or delight me…. depending on the  uncertainty factor.

And today, I had several.
But perhaps the greatest of them was this photo.  I found this in a box of my Mom’s photographs.  I asked her if she knew any of the people pictured.

She was very sure of herself when she answered.
“Well sure honey.  I’m in the middle, then on my left is Betty Thorkenberry, and next to her is Velma Rodderhoff.  Then on the other side is Rose Caplan, and on the end there is Carol Hodert.”

“Mom… what do you think about putting your glasses on and having another look?”
She put her glasses on and had another look.
Same answer.  This surprised me to NO end.

The woman in the middle is not my Mom.  I am pretty dang sure of it.

And yet…..I am not sure if she just couldn’t see it well enough… or if she truly thought it was herself.

She stared long and hard at it again… and said…  “And look how THIN I was in this picture.”

Sure enough.  Thinner than she’s ever been in her whole life.
And we see what we do.  All of us.

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” – Marcus Aurelius