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She promptly informed them that she was blind, not deaf. She manages to disarm with a dose of humor even though she says what she wants to say. On one occasion after church, I gave her a hug and she asked me if I put on a little weight. A frown followed. I wondered if her skill for detecting pounds was intensified because she’s blind. I would have asked, but I was on my way out and I knew my feisty would be matched. I didn’t have time for banter that day. She reminds me of other Antiguan women I know. Some of them are my relatives. Honesty in its simplicity is what they deliver. Tact only gets in the way. People can’t see their own faces without a mirror. We only observe our visages as reflections. I guess there are some things we can’t recognize about ourselves unless they are reflected off of others. I listened. I peered into her story wondering how I would cope if in my twenties I had been presented with such travel arrangements. 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