Precious Lady

Favorite quips from The Best, so far. I hope there are more and more for years to come. 

 

"Like hell I am." (Pretty much anything she is not thoroughly convinced she should do.)

 

"I car hopped when I was nine years old, I can prove it with my Social Security records." This is where she learned math. She told me she was horrible at math, but she darn well knew how to count money. Bill the owner taught her. Carhopping, the drive-in, was her sanctuary. 

 

"Women are better investigators, when they get on it, they don't let it go." 

 

She was a licensed investigator at one point. She is right, women, moms, do better work than alphabet agencies, especially when it comes to their kids or errant husbands. I’ve been told by an agency friend I missed my calling, noticing details. He and I would work well together. 

 

Once during an especially interesting case, as she was returning home driving Palo Duro Canyon, her brakes and power steering just POOF quit working. Fortunately, she was able to pull over for help. It was determined her car had been tampered with and she was a very lucky lady. (I'm sure you are aware, but I'll tell you just in case you have been under a rock: Texas politics are ruthless, cutthroat.) She was on to someone, a crooked someone. Eventually they paid the fiddler for all the illegal dancing they had been part and parcel of. 

 

"If I wanna use a cuss word I use it. Trust me you will learn." 

 

She made me laugh, always makes me laugh. I'd apologized for cursing, that's when she dropped these pearls of wisdom. (I tried not to curse when raising my kids and overall did a pretty good job, even during their teenage years. These days I work on keeping my mouth clean. Cursing is unbecoming for a Southern lady. I try to behave; it is not easy.)

 

"You have lived a fascinating life."

 

"Oh, I don't know about that. I guess it's been a good life. I was married three times. I loved ‘em all when I married ‘em. Or I was in heat." I nearly fell on the floor laughing. 

 

I love her so much. Her sense of humor and wit are second to none.

 

Family.