Once again, I am a freak magnet. Now people have always told me “I don’t know why I’m telling you this, but…” I often want to reply, “I don’t either.” I tend to nod politely and smile.

Todays’ incident was particularly interesting. While many odd people can be found at the grocery store, it’s not often that the guy in line in front of you points out that he’s not really that black. Out of the blue. He even showed me how light his skin is…under his sleeve. But man, the guy was really black. And he was correct…he is very light. He then told me the story about removing tree stumps from his yard which turned him from light to dark in just 2 days!

While this guy was an interesting freak of nature…I have to wonder what possessed him to tell ME about it. Perhaps, it is because I’m so pale-skinned. Extremely light. I wanted to say “See this? I’m this color year-round!”