this woman

So, here's another post from an older blog.
This one occurred in 2005 also, sometime in August...

This woman lives in Chrissie's building right in the center of town. Every day she is out (taking the bus or talking to herself or sitting on a bench) with this luggage in tow. The bus driver makes jokes about there being a body in there, but she pays him no attention. She sits out there on the bench for most of the day, half a block from her own front door, with these bags. Or, sometimes I'll see her dragging them all over Chester County on the bus. to the mall... who knows where else? And they're heavy. I know because I've helped her get 'em onto the bus. Judging by the weight of them, there very well could be an entire person in there.

So, who is she?

Is she waiting for some taxicab that was supposed to pick her up thirty years ago?

If so, where was she going?

I don't know.
I do know how it feels to lug shit around with you though, every day.

She's lucky.
At least her luggage has wheels.