A Paper Dollar

29 Jun 2000 - A Paper Dollar!
I went to a fast food resturant, Wendy's, yesterday. Getting my children some Happy Meals at the drive through. The bill was $6 and some change, so I was handing the guy a five and a one. When I handed him the money the one blew out of our hands. (Don't worry I hopped out and got it. LOL) But it reminded me of a story about my Grandmother.
She was born in 1917 so this happened around 1925 or so. She was born and raised in the North Carolina mountains along with 9 brothers and sisters. So saying they were poor was a gross understatement.
She was asked to walk to the store and buy something. It was rare but the mother had a dollar bill as opposed to change that day. She gave grandmother the dollar to take to the store. I believe Grandmother said she had never touched a dollar at that point in he life. She was very excited and proud to be carrying a dollar. She wanted everyone to see it and know that she had been trusted with a dollar bill. So as she walked to the store she carried the money like a banner over her head for all the world to see. Like my dollar yesterday, the wind snached it out of her hand. Unfortunately the wind must have been alot more fierce that day. It blew that dollar away never to be found again.
I heard that stroy from my Grandmother 50 years after the fact. But I still feel sorry for the little girl that had to go home and tell her mother that she lost that dollar.