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Yesterday for work I drove a bus to where my mommy lives and got picked up for lunch and some shopping until time to go back to work, was great. We had a good lunch at a new place (my sister's ongoing New Year's resolution (3 years running) is to try a different place every month, very cool concept and she discovers some gems). I gave my mom some pictures from negatives my brother had from a stash of my father's. Have a converter and figured out how to get the very large negs to fit into it so I could make them jpegs - anyway, turned out to be from when my mom graduated high school (1955)! Very cool watching her go through each picture identifying everyone in them, very cool logging onto Facebook (yes, I gave in and got an account, (I have 8 friends, lol) mainly to be better tuned to my son-in-law while he is in Afghanistan (thanks Dude!)), anyway, cool logging onto FB to see the pics mom posted before I made it home!
My mom was born in 1937 and she's not in wonderful health, but she's happy, lives a quiet life and enjoys any time she gets to have with any of her kids. It is with a melancholy acceptance that I leave her every time knowing it could be the last time I see her, and I'm ok with that because I know that humans don't live forever. My quest over the last year has been to get pictures I have out to any family member that might want them; Mom is really instrumental in identification of the people in them and she has really enjoyed the walks down memory lane.
This morning I slept in, woke at 5 and refused to get up, ha, now I'm foggy brained for dozing back off. Watching the movie Transformers because I slept through it last night and thinking about all the things I could do and which one do I WANT to do? I think going outside and playing in my yard, which is woefully neglected due to my work schedule and at least getting my cucumbers and geraniums planted is what I will choose to do, but not until it warms up a bit more, I have a second cup of coffee, and have watched the movie all the way through!
Happy Mother's Day to Everyone who is or has a mother - ha, guess that's the whole world eh? Cheers!
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I am strong in the broken places. ~ Unknown
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another! ~ Anatole France
Here's a thought I just had - how nice it is to enjoy this morning, no having to pretend to like whatever he is doing to "celebrate" Mother's Day! I don't have to smile through clenched teeth trying to be nice and get through the day without incident.
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I am strong in the broken places. ~ Unknown
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another! ~ Anatole France
I love how your day sounded and what a peaceful day indeed! I was thinking about that very fact the other day .. how nice not to pretend I like what is happening in my life at the moment because I actually do. There is no one to tell me I'm doing it wrong or how it could be better. I actually mean that on all fronts. How nice to come home to a home vs a battle field of some kind not knowing if he will or won't engage. The kids are so much more settled too.
It is enjoyable to just relax and put one foot in front of the other vs trying to guess which step to take.
Thanks for the share and the smile :) Hugs S :)
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Faith minus vulnerability and mystery equals extremism. If you've got all the answers, then don't call what you do "faith". - Brene Brown
"Whatever truth you own doesn't own you" - Gary John Bishop
