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Every Woman Needs a Champion
By: Kinhomchan
Every child needs a champion ― a person who cherishes her and supports her every step of the way. My champion was Lillian, a woman my mother's age, but a close friend of my grandmother's.
My earliest memory of Lillian occurred when I was three. Her only daughter and my eldest sister, both tyrannical six-year-olds, refused to let me climb her apple tree. They called me a big baby ― a crushing insult to one so recently out of diapers. Lillian strode over, scooped me off the ground and plunked me down on the lowest branch of the tree, soothing me by crooning to me, "Ca-Coo,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," a pet name she had given me before my first birthday. Then she brought me a cookie ― a Viennese crescent she got from the best bakery in New York ― and initiated the first of a lifetime of serious talks."Come, sit down,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Ca-Coo," she would say. "Tell me about yourself. " Although busy with her own friends and work, Lillian took the time to listen to the trials of a not-so-eager kindergartener, a defiant tomboy, an awkward adolescent and a rebellious college student. While my own parents were practically pulling out their hair, Lillian never criticized. She never stopped calling me Ca-Coo, and she never stopped offering Viennese crescent cookies from the best bakery in New York.
Lillian took an interest in my dating life. As I paraded a stream of boyfriends through her door, she always served my favorite cookies and made my suitors feel welcome. When the inevitable break-ups occurred, Lillian helped pick up the shattered pieces, and never said,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], "I thought he was a louse to begin with. " When I finally settled down with the man who eventually became my husband, Lillian prepared a five-course dinner for just the three of us. She called me Ca-Coo and for dessert served Viennese crescent cookies from the best bakery in New York.
I married my husband while he was in graduate school, and the only work I could find was as a part-time teacher in a private school. My meager salary didn't stretch far and I felt poverty-stricken. Lillian called one day and said, "Ca-Coo, just listen and don't say anything. I have five-hundred dollars for you sitting in my bank account. If you need money for any reason, just call and I'll send it to you. No questions asked. "Then she hung up.
Suddenly,! felt rich. I had a buffer. I never used it. My husband finished school, got a good-paying job, and we started a family. Lillian oohed and ahhed over our children. After the birth of each, she reminded me of the emergency fund she still held for me. I was touched. Hard times had fallen on Lillian ―her husband had died. She was short on cash,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but always long on love. But I knew that if I ever called, the five-hundred dollars would be mine.
I did call Lillian ― lots of times over the years. The conversations always started the same way.
"Hi, Lillian? This is Carole. "
"Who?"
I knew she knew who I was, but I played along. "Lillian, it's me, Ca-Coo. "
"Ca-Coo, darling!" she responded with joy. "Tell me how you're doing. "
I would smile. She would never let me grow up.
When I was in my late twenties,! told Lillian I wanted to become a writer. She responded enthusiastically and became my greatest cheerleader. When my books were published, she'd buy them in bulk and mail them to me to autograph. She'd then dispatch them to her friends and relatives. It didn't matter to her that I wrote children's books and that the recipients were full-grown.When I was thirty-three,! injured my back and could not leave my bed for seven months. Throughout this ordeal, Lillian called me weekly to give me pep talks.
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