Hi, you are “face to face with Shell”.
First of all, have you seen the Intro to this series? Please click on the link below to view:
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FORGET YOU ARE SCARRED AND THEN SOMEONE REMINDS YOU?
Please have a look at the video below and read on:
We were on holiday in the Dominican Republic and I was quite a way into my burn journey. We were on a day trip and someone who was sitting beside me asked quite out of the blue and quite abruptly: “What happened”? I was taken aback, as we were on a nice day out and this woman hadn’t made any contact with me until that moment. I stuttered out: “I was burned”. She then said: “I know that but how”? I was so not prepared. Again, I stuttered and told her briefly what had happened to me.
A friend, whom I had met on holiday was furious with what was happening. I was just more in a little shock and as I have said, taken aback.
I felt that this woman wasn’t being mean, she was just asking in a very abrupt way, lol. Her first language was not English, therefore, things may not have come out the way they were meant.
The woman then started to tell me that a friend of hers had been burned. It was then that I realised why she had asked me, which was fine, however, I was on holiday, I was having a nice day, I didn’t want to be reminded of another holiday that was VERY different.
It took me a few minutes to recover from it and to calm my friend down…lol. She was so protective of me, which I thought was awesome, after only knowing me for a few days.
We all decided to forgot about it and to have a great day, there was no point in letting this small incident spoil our day out.
Therefore, after all these years, I can still be “surprised” by what people say to me. As I mentioned, this woman did not mean to upset me, she just wanted to ask me what had happened to me, as her friend had been burned also…she just probably didn’t do it in the best way.