It was Pat_B who coined this date last year as the ‘Happy Bird Day’. Already we are at my brother’s second birthday since his passing. Time is no longer just flying by; it’s on a super-sonic jet. I’ve hardly seen its flight.
There was no family Christmas in my house, but the New Year’s Eve party was a hit. It had been a year in the planning, consisting of the same group that had been on last April’s Mexican trip. They showed up with their children of all ages, and together we rang in 2013 with style. I had been cooking for three days; it was great! I still haven’t finished cleaning up, but between that and shoveling the oodles of snow, it has been keeping me busy – always a good thing while healing emotions.
And Suzie is here. The girl has the knack of showing up when I need support – my personal human angel. She’ll be spending another week before driving back to Detroit, then from there taking a flight to join her husband and his family in Mexico. We manage to spend a part of each day together, and yes – we did celebrate her and Bird’s birthdays, although we left the tequila in the cupboard this year!
Today will be spent putting my home office in order, preparing for the return to work tomorrow. I need to find more clients if I want to avoid commuting back and forth to the city. I did manage to recuperate one of those I had let go, and that’s a plus. My grandson’s mortgage loan was not accepted either, so I don’t have to hunt for another good tenant– another plus.
I’m missing my rug rats terribly, but hearing about a friend’s month-old granddaughter spending the holiday fighting for her life in the children’s hospital certainly smartened me up. At least my three are healthy. That alone is a huge blessing. (As an aside, the latest wonderful news is that the baby’s condition has improved.)
So we change our frame of mind and enter 2013 with gusto – looking forward to each new day, seize every new experience, and we do it with a SMILE, a sure-fire way to lighten any load that may seem too heavy.
Sharing the SMILE with you, folks; it’s just too big to keep it all for myself!!
Luv from the Bush in Quebec
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