My Aunt Sue had tickets to Jimmy Carter’s book signing and invited Maggie and I to go along with the rest of the gang. We said yes and had a hilarious time doing what our family does best: making memories doing random things together. Without getting stuck writing out too much of the commentary, I’m going to bullet some favorite moments from the evening.
- The Secret Service has their work cut out for them….by the time we made it back to President Carter/Jimmy/Jimmy Carter /Mr. Carter it felt like I’d been at the airport and was ready to fly to Tahiti.
- We spent probably less than a minute with Mr. Carter.
- He spoke to Maggie.
- Mr. Carter was in the middle of signing our books and glanced at Maggie. He did a double take at her, probably because she was the youngest person he’d seen in quite a while, and said “Hi, Pretty Girl.” to her. Sue chimed in and said that she was a redhead. He looked at Mags again and said, “I like redheads.”
- He didn’t talk to anybody else.
- So, by age 5 Maggie got to meet a president and even have him talk to her. Whoeeeee.
- My dad recently got cataract surgery and no longer has to wear glasses. He’s never been to a discount sunglass, whirly stand because all his sunglasses have had to be prescription. That changed tonight and he was a BIG spender and bought two a pairs within his price range (under $4 each).
- He’s hopeful that my mom won’t ‘make him’ take them off inside……
- So, he wore them inside while we waited
- And a looming police officer decided to ‘watch over’ our table for a bit, Forrest and I noticed.
- We all got books signed by President Carter, my grandpa almost forgot to get his back he was so excited to see Mr. Carter
- Afterwards, we took turns squeezing into the photo booth to document the experience, since NO cameras were allowed near Mr. Carter.
- My dad tried to wear his 3 pairs of sunglasses into the photo booth, but pretty much didn’t make it into any images….if you look closely you can see him.
- I love my family.
