An item from that First Ladies book I read recently:
can't remember if it was pat Nixon, Betty Ford or Rosalynn Carter, but one of them accompanied their husband to some grim 3rd world area and while there, was asked to tour a local orphanage.
Before going, the first lady was strongly advised to keep emotions in check during the tour. It being vitally important the kids not see the first lady reacting to the truly horrible and dire circumstances in the facility 'appropriately' but instead the kids see smiles and warmth and cheerfulness, no matter how difficult that would be, lest they be reminded of the truth of their surroundings and lose hope. Additionally, the facility by attracting attention from the first lady, would benefit from increased donations of money food and support and it obviously would be good for the kids too. And then it's clear, the first lady could not accurately describe the conditions there EVER, since the results would be dire for the kids as no one would want to support the facility after that.
I bring this up for a couple reasons; it would never occur to me to ask a first lady (or anyone else) to tour such a facility with those conditions on the grounds I can't imagine it would be possible, especially since I know for myself, I could not do it. Additionally, the first lady did do the tour, remained smiling and a ray of sunshine for those kids and it turned out well. Now, did she have a melt down later? Idunno. What I do know is women can be a shit load tougher than me, and that inner strength is to be admired. And to turn back the horror of that situation with a smile and good cheer, for the benefit of those kids . . . .
words cannot describe.
can't remember if it was pat Nixon, Betty Ford or Rosalynn Carter, but one of them accompanied their husband to some grim 3rd world area and while there, was asked to tour a local orphanage.
Before going, the first lady was strongly advised to keep emotions in check during the tour. It being vitally important the kids not see the first lady reacting to the truly horrible and dire circumstances in the facility 'appropriately' but instead the kids see smiles and warmth and cheerfulness, no matter how difficult that would be, lest they be reminded of the truth of their surroundings and lose hope. Additionally, the facility by attracting attention from the first lady, would benefit from increased donations of money food and support and it obviously would be good for the kids too. And then it's clear, the first lady could not accurately describe the conditions there EVER, since the results would be dire for the kids as no one would want to support the facility after that.
I bring this up for a couple reasons; it would never occur to me to ask a first lady (or anyone else) to tour such a facility with those conditions on the grounds I can't imagine it would be possible, especially since I know for myself, I could not do it. Additionally, the first lady did do the tour, remained smiling and a ray of sunshine for those kids and it turned out well. Now, did she have a melt down later? Idunno. What I do know is women can be a shit load tougher than me, and that inner strength is to be admired. And to turn back the horror of that situation with a smile and good cheer, for the benefit of those kids . . . .
words cannot describe.
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