A Weekend to Remember
Tom left me this weekend.
But he'll be back tomorrow. And then we get to catch up on Valentines Day (wink wink) and my birthday! Right now he and Aaron are visiting his parents in New York and doing their best to stimulate the economy and blast our credit card debt into the ozone layer.
Meanwhile I've had a fabulous weekend! Saturday I cleaned off all the piles of papers and junk that were spilling off all available surfaces in the kitchen, dining room and living room. I have a desk in the living room that I haven't seen the top of for months! Now I can; and since I put a nice lamp on it, a potted plant and a copper container for pencils and all my little notebooks, it's beautiful. I should have taken a before and after picture.
I'm a visual person and seeing mounds of clutter really weighs me down and tires me out. So to get all this junk out of my sight is wonderful!
Last night Judi came over with sub sandwiches and her mom's homemade custard. We watched "The Secret Life of Bees." It's my kind of movie--tragic and magic. If I can't have slapstick comedy (example: "Dodgeball") give me tragic and magic. After Judi left I finished off the night with "August Rush," another good tragic and magic movie. And then I got a record-breaking nearly NINE hours of sleep! My birthday is starting out great.
Of course I remember that nine years ago this was the day (Monday night) that Bruce died. I don't ever want to forget that, and Tom doesn't want me to either. It's precious to still be able to remember and mourn. Not easy, not trite, not even sentimental--precious and enriching are the only words I can come up with.
WRITING UPDATE: This week the calendar commands me to write on Thursday. Today I'm going to print out chapters 1-18. They'll go in a notebook, handy to and scribble over and cross out while I drive or wait for the longest red lights in the world.
Thanks for checking in on me. Have a good week!
But he'll be back tomorrow. And then we get to catch up on Valentines Day (wink wink) and my birthday! Right now he and Aaron are visiting his parents in New York and doing their best to stimulate the economy and blast our credit card debt into the ozone layer.
Meanwhile I've had a fabulous weekend! Saturday I cleaned off all the piles of papers and junk that were spilling off all available surfaces in the kitchen, dining room and living room. I have a desk in the living room that I haven't seen the top of for months! Now I can; and since I put a nice lamp on it, a potted plant and a copper container for pencils and all my little notebooks, it's beautiful. I should have taken a before and after picture.
I'm a visual person and seeing mounds of clutter really weighs me down and tires me out. So to get all this junk out of my sight is wonderful!
Last night Judi came over with sub sandwiches and her mom's homemade custard. We watched "The Secret Life of Bees." It's my kind of movie--tragic and magic. If I can't have slapstick comedy (example: "Dodgeball") give me tragic and magic. After Judi left I finished off the night with "August Rush," another good tragic and magic movie. And then I got a record-breaking nearly NINE hours of sleep! My birthday is starting out great.
Of course I remember that nine years ago this was the day (Monday night) that Bruce died. I don't ever want to forget that, and Tom doesn't want me to either. It's precious to still be able to remember and mourn. Not easy, not trite, not even sentimental--precious and enriching are the only words I can come up with.
WRITING UPDATE: This week the calendar commands me to write on Thursday. Today I'm going to print out chapters 1-18. They'll go in a notebook, handy to and scribble over and cross out while I drive or wait for the longest red lights in the world.
Thanks for checking in on me. Have a good week!
Comments
And I'm sorry to have brought you
more news that could add to the
grieving. Life is so strange. But
God is good and memories are
precious. And the way He works things out are beyond all wisdom.
I'm so glad I read your blog so we
too can remember and mourn and truly, as you say, be enriched. Mom We love you & yours!
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