you haven't changed a bit......

ok, so this morning i attended a workshop at u of k in lexington with a community partner... which is public health slang for someone you have conned into helping you with a big project.........before sitting down i was approached by another attendee....who proceeded to shake my hand and gush about how she so appreciated the work i had done with her mother (in another job, in another life, it seems.....) and how she would have known me anywhere........and how was i lking my new job......and that i hadn't changed a bit..........wow......i should be flattered that she would say so.....but so many things have changed............i would like to think that i have progressed......in knowledge, prospective, outlook, politics.......i feel so much more liberal now than i have ever been....or maybe i am more galvanized about causes dear to my heart.........hard to tell which is the most accurate descriptive..........whatever......and heavens sake.....she surely noticed that i have filled out a bit with regards to body weight......and that my hair has a few wisps of grey........but maybe we overlook these esoteric things when we are really glad to see someone who has been valued in our past......and this person did look so much like her mother....and i have very fond memories of programs i gave that she attended.........but i would like to think that my best work is ahead of me and not so much water under the bridge...........and that i have changed for the better........