So if I'm feeling a little flat this week, and I can feel the cancer-thoughts sparking like malevolent little fireflies in my head every time I feel an ache or pain, and everything I'm reading seems dumb, and things are just kind of lustreless and wearying, I know it will pass. And so as not to let the whole week go by post-less, I'm concentrating on the things that have made me happy instead of surly recently:
My Dad and Lucy: "I always said I didn't like little dogs. Guess I have to eat my words." Happily, the words taste like puppy snuggles.
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Walking around the arboretum with Pam, watching people and dogs and the odd woman dressed as a Flower Fairy for a photo shoot, and an old man on a rock in Dow's Lake who I thought was peeing but was actually fishing. Whew.  |
Having a baseball-playing birthday boy who just wants hot dogs for dinner.
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These. Duh.
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Watching Eve and the school basketball team win six straight games, including the final...  |
with two of her best friends since birth.
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Convertible ride! With Swiss Chalet and Paddington on the other end!
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Mother's Day was low-key (boys were away) but nice. Eve and I went to my mom and dad's and I thought while we were there how nice it is to have a family where everyone just really enjoys hanging out together. |
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And I took my first bathroom mirror selfie, and it didn't suck.
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7 comments:
Those are some great things to be thankful for--and you have pictures to go with them! (I really have to start taking more pictures.)
Is it weird if I gush a bit about how attractive your kids are? Like seriously - super adorable. I imagine Angus leaves ladies swooning in his path as he walks by.
I'm glad you found some not-surly to get you through the week.
p.s. You Dad looks a lot like Beth's Dad, or how he would have looked if he'd live a little longer and gone that gray.
I was very annoyed the other day when I mentioned that I was in general an upbeat person, and my 16-year-old said, "UMMMMMMMMMMM."
I am! I AM!! I just tell the WHOLE story of an event, rather than Only The Cheerful Parts! That's all! I'm like a JOURNALIST!
I absolutely adore your hair. Mine is straight as a seal's and I always wanted a pretty curl like that....
A gratitude list is a like a cheerfulness pass for life!
You look fantastic in that photo with your daughter! Do you find you always look better in photos with your kids? I do, I don't even know what to do in photos without them, it feels so awkward! But good for you and the awesome bathroom selfie!
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