After November's NaBloPoMo, I thought perhaps I'd take a day or two off posting...ha. I'm never going back to my old willy-nilly approach.
I just had to say that out loud. I love to say willy-nilly. Just like I love to say whisper. Go ahead...I know you want to.
But I'm feeling just too thankful about life right now not to share it.
1. Everyone's over the stomach bug.
2. The house is decorated for Christmas.
3. It's relatively clean. That means it's clean enough for relatives, but no one else....and since I don't really have relatives (does the half-brother who last came to Redding THE DAY OF MY WEDDING IN 1997?) you can't come over. Unless you have a bottle of wine.
4. Modern medicine has figured the cocktail of chemicals it's gonna take to wipe out Randy's stage 4 mesenchymal chondrosarcoma, and chemo started today. I'm wearing orange until it's over....so if you see me looking a little peaked, that's because it's not my color - it's Randy's.
5. Heide's girls are in a wonderful, loving home.
6. I bought myself a camcorder on Black Friday, so I'll be making films of the royalty, to be recorded here for posterity (another one of those words that are fun to say out loud).
7. I had my next-to-last session with my personal trainer today. His name is Jerry and he works at FitOne. He's a sadist. And I positively feel stronger than I did a month ago. And he's adorable...listening to him talk about his girlfriend for just a few minutes gives me hope that there is romance in the world.
8. My daughter is bold and insightful....this morning she looked at me when I was tickling Jake into wakefulness, and said, "Mama, you are jealous of me. You know you are." Of course, she couldn't define jealousy for me when I asked her....
9. I have amazing circles of friends. Yes, circles...sometimes they overlap. I have friends and connections and each and every one of them is amazing.
10. I weigh less than a zebra. Even a small one.
So, as I close this post so I can return to reading Eclipse, I'm giving thanks to God for the wonders of life and friends, and the miracles of the 21st century.
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2 comments:
Annie, thanks for the kind thoughts the past few days about Ben. I'm looking forward to getting to know you better by reading more of your blog!
That God is so smart. Suddenly, 'cause I'm following you on twitter, I feel like we've become friends again..you know what I mean.
I've been thinking about this topic A LOT lately. I could go on and on and on (which I probably will later.) But I wanted to say thanks.
Putting personal insights aside for a minute - my brother-in-law killed himself in September, and his daughter (15) found him hanging in the garage.
I have no idea what to do for her, mental health says that their under funded and can't help, NVCSS doesn't take Medical. She breaks out in hives, she can't sleep...
So, I'm going to pray for more insight on how I can help her. Thanks for your post.
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