Judgmental Jane - do you know one?

So, with all my ramblings and rantings about the inlaws visiting last weekend, I forgot to rant about a conversation I had in Sunday School last Sunday.
We have a girl in our class, her name is Jenny. Jenny is probably at least in her mid to late 20s and she is mentally handicapped - not severely- I’d say she’s functional. It’s not down syndrome but she’s just a slow person. Sometimes she can be off the wall - but that is overlooked. She is really just a precious person. Anyway, Jenny has recently been approved for section 8 housing - which I gather is government assisted housing. And Jimmie and I think that’s swell because afterall, I believe anyway, Jenny is an example of why government assistance exists. Her family is not wealthy so in order to gain her independence, she needs a little help. Plus I think her parents, with whom she’s been living, either live in a tiny town or out in the country. At any rate, where she is moving to is a bigger town and she will be able to get some sort of job that she can walk or ride a bike to. So she’s trying to make a little life of her own away from her mom and dad and obtain some sort of normalcy for her age.
Anyway, so two Sundays ago, I was swollen and miserable from the poison ivy and did not go to SS and that was the Sunday that she announced this in SS class. When Jimmie came home and told me I asked - which really I was only wondering out loud because men don’t tend to think of these things - if anyone was going to plan some sort of housewarming party for her. Jimmie suggested that I call the SS and plan a surprise party. Well, I didn’t like that idea. But so last Sunday, Jenny and her mother weren’t at SS so at the end of class after most people had wondered off, there was one lady left and I remembered Jenny.
So a little bit about the last lady left - I’m going to nickname her Judgmental Jane - and we all know a Judgmental Jane. Our Jane is one of the first people to tell an off topic story in the middle of a great ss lesson. She has also been known to talk over the teacher to random people out of nowhere. And she loves to gossip about people. I really should have known better than to mention an idea of kindness to Judgmental Jane. But alas I had a mental lapse and so I asked if anyone had thought of having a housewarming party for Jenny. Judgmental Jane responded the only way a Judgmental Jane knows how to respond. She told me that she didn’t agree with Jenny getting government housing, her parents had to have a yard sale to pay their electric bill….blah blah blah….
Ya know those conversations you play over and over in your head and think I should have said…argh!!! I was so taken aback at her attitude that I was basically speechless. Jimmie was standing there and overheard what she said too. Now, I have, on occasion, aired grievances to husband about Jane on the way home from church and he usually tells me something like I need to be more tolerant. But not even he could defend this lady’s attitude when we talked about the conversation later. I mean, I don’t care if her parents are homeless (well I do care, cuz that would be sad), but that’s not really Jenny’s fault. And maybe because of the fact she is mentally handicapped is the reason that her parents do not have the means to pay some of their bills. I mean, I don’t know what sort of medical treatment Jenny has had or may need. At any rate, as I’ve said above, I believe that Jenny is a perfect example of why there is government aid available.
Anyway, just thought I’d rant a little about that and see what your thoughts are. I fully intend to find out what Jenny needs in setting up house and giving her a housewarming present, if not a party. I am going to see what other people think this Sunday. I thought about painting her something, but she will probably need a lot of practical things. So we’ll see….
Umm so poor husband. He got a call at 3 a.m. about an emergency at a power plant so he had to go to work. It is actually in our neck of the woods so I guess that’s why he got the call.
Well…ya’ll have a good Saturday! I’m going to go straighten up my house!
One week til Lion King! Wahoo!