Too much sun.

As everyone already knows, Micheal Jackson died.

This got me thinking about something funny that happened. Not that death is funny but it reminded me of something funny.

When I was 15 we still lived in Ft Worth, TX. My mom did home health physical therapy on kids. During the summer, I would always go with her to help out. One kid quickly became one of favorites. Carlos was a 9 year old that had cerebral palsy and was super funny. Oh, and he was black (that becomes important in a minute). He was so funny and we could always joke around with him. Like when he would ask for a hug, I would say "sure, but don't slobber on me this time". He would laugh and I would get a slobbery hug (he couldn't help it). Then we would all laugh as he pointed out that he did, in fact, slobber on me.

One of the things we would do for therapy is I would sit in his wheel chair and he would push me down the road. My weight added to the resistance. He would tell everyone we saw that I was HIS girl.

One day, as we were getting ready to go outside for out stroll, Carlos said "I know how Micheal Jackson turned white!" Me and my mom just looked at each other knowing this had to be interesting. "How", we both asked. He said "He stayed out in the sun too long. LOOK! It's already happening to me!" At that point he showed us the palms of his hands and he was dead serious. We both about lost it and was laughing sooo hard. Guess he figured it worked the other way around for black folks.

I haven't thought about him in so long. I wonder how he is doing today. He would be about 22 years old now. I hope he is still as funny and loving life as much as he did back then.