Learning to limp
The handle of our teapot had an accident. I delayed ordering a new one, though I do love the design and feel of it. So, in the meantime, I got used to making the tea with the broken teapot, cupping the scorching body with my hands.
Eventually I did order a replacement and for days I forgot that the new teapot had a handle and held it awkwardly, as if it didn't.
In Italian there is a saying:
Eventually I did order a replacement and for days I forgot that the new teapot had a handle and held it awkwardly, as if it didn't.
In Italian there is a saying:
"chi va con lo zoppo impara a zoppicare"
A rough translation is "he who hangs around with people who limp, will learn to limp himself." But I had learned to limp all on my own. And I wonder in what other areas I've learned to limp when I'm perfectly able bodied/minded?
(The teapot, by the way, is a Ulster Weavers 6-Cup Susie Bone China Teapot.)
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