Influenced

So a couple of summers ago we had gotten back from the States and the kids were up at night and totally wired due to the jet-lagg.  My husband thought it would be a good idea to have a war-like pillow fight to tire them out.  Seemed like a good idea until we got a text from our downstairs neighbor complaining about the noise.  

Then she started complaining about them on Sunday mornings.  “I work every day except Sundays so I need the rest.” she informed us.  

Oh, I thought.  She must be a nurse or something. 

Then I was having coffee with someone and they casually mentioned there was an influencer in my building.  Turns out it’s her.  

My first thought was: I have been calming down my children for an influencer?  

Followed by: They work that much? 

And finally: Wait, that’s a job? 

I thought it was just something you call people, like “gamer”.  But apparently yes, it is. 

I thought about all this when I saw an article about Pope Leo canonizing the Saint Carlo Acutis, “God’s Influencer. ”  

P.S. Gamer is also a job.