CREEPY SKIN

I recently was reading an article and the author mentioned a person who had creepy skin. I have known a good number of people with this issue. I can remember clear back to when I was a mean little kid growing up that several of my uncles had this disorder. They weren’t creepy to me then; they were just hard working field hands with skin that was toned by the hot and cold weather and worry. So creepy skin was nothing new or unusual.

So, I re-read the article to see what was so creepy. Then I noticed it said, “Crepey skin.” Crepey skin and creepy skin are very similar in context and definition… and spelling…and pronunciation. I checked a dermatologist site: “What is ‘crepey’ skin? Crepey skin has a thin, wrinkled surface resembling crepe paper. It also demonstrates a loss of elasticity or resilience; if stretched, it does not return to its normal tone as quickly as the skin would in a child or young individual.” Well, of course not. The first thing one needs to know is what crepe paper is… little thin creepy paper. I will need more evidence to prove this isn’t the same thing with a different name. Grandma Freeman had this kind of skin and it was simply called ‘Grandma skin.’ It completely wore out on her at age 96.

I’m headed back over to my side of the Pond to have some Cuban Coffee and Orange Popsicles and more carefully put on my Sun Screen before chair-time at the Pond.

“I tell you the truth, when you were young, you were able to do as you liked; you dressed yourself and went wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will dress you and take you where you don’t want to go.” Jesus