phi beta kappa....

ok, so my eldest will be inducted into phi beta kappa honorary society on april 27.....i am so very proud of all that his has accomplished and grateful for his recognition......our familiarity to this most auspicious of greek groups dates back to our once yearly treks to monticello, williamsburg, washington d.c.......i can see clearly the visits to the raleigh tavern in the restored Williamsburg historic area.......and the docent describing how students of william and mary had founded the society in the Apollo room.......neither i nor my spouse managed such a feat......certainly not me.......given my limited mental capacity....i mention this as a response to knowledge that at supper tonight....in my absense...my mother brought up one of her current discussion topcs.....about how my brother is the one with the real brains......she and i have had this conversation before......this was the first time she delighted my assembled family with my shortcomings.......and so my pleasure at the news of andrew's phi beta kappa membership comes as a foil to my mother's disappointment over my failure to acheive such rewards.......i am humored rather than horrified by her recent focus on this IQ descriptive......i have spent a lifetime focusing on what is right with what i have done rather than dwelling on what i was too lazy or shiftless or timid to do......and while brainpower factors in there somewhere.......i must always return to the reality that is was the path i chose that brought me to this very moment.....and it is this house/family/friends/job/community that i feel blessed to call mine......jane austen has a really good quote to interject here.....but with my current short-term menopausal memory loss...i cannot quite recall what she would have said.......