the week in pictures.
in Loved Ones, there are pictures here, Thoughts and Feelings
as bob, Buoyant, few words, friend kevin, friend nick, friendships, gift, girl, half, heart, Jess, life, little apple, lucky girl, mittens, new friend, nothing, puppy, sign, something, Speaking, tonight, water, year
And a few words, too, I guess.
Today, I marveled at life. I’m feeling all whole and full inside lately. Buoyant, even. Like a little apple that continues to happily bob along in the water.
It’s really good. Life is really good. And lately, I’ve been feeling it.
“Nothing cataclysmically amazing has happened,” I told my friend Kevin who called me from LA tonight, “But I’m just feeling so good inside.”
“That’s great, Jess!” he said. “And it’s okay to feel happy just, you know, like normally. Even if there aren’t great events that are making it so.”
This is good to know.
And my mom–she is good to know. 50% Italian and 100% adorable, that one. And since I am half of whatever she is, I suppose that makes me 25% Italian and 50% adorable.
50% is better than nothing!
Oh, and I like to make cards. “I am happiest–absolutely thrilled!–when I am making something,” I told my friend Nick tonight. “Even if it’s just a puppy sign. My heart sings when I am busy creating, is the thing.”
Speaking of making things, these friendships have been years in the making. Decades now, actually. I’m a lucky girl, to have two such as them love me.
And who doesn’t like tiny mittens? They were on the outside of a gift from a new friend this year. And I knew just what to do with them.
uh, that’s not the kind of baptism I meant, but okay. It’ll do.
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones, video
as friend, God, grief, head, Jimmy, life, little gem, package, pouring water, rebound, rest of the night, water
Basically life gets funnier when I open my mouth.
Well, that, and more embarrassing.
Like tonight, when I was innocently referring to how my friend came over and showed up with a small bag of cookies, but ended up saying this:
And then Jimmy showed up with his small package…
But then I couldn’t even finish my thought because I realized what it sounded like I had said and so I started laughing while trying to explain that there was a huge difference between what I said and what I meant.
But, really.
His small package?!?
Yeah, we then spent the rest of the night trying to shimmy that little gem of a phrase into as many of our conversations as possible.
And thank God for humor. I was talking to a friend of mine who has been well acquainted with grief herself and we both agreed that sometimes it comes down to either laughing or dying.
And so it’s really nice when there are moments that make the former option easy.
And it’s also nice when you play games with your family and you find yourself doing something as dumb as pouring water over your head because you’re playing Truth or Dare and you had tried to give that little dare to your mom, but she turned around with a rebound card and there you are, poised with the water over your head, thinking how this is not one of the worst things you’ve had to endure, by far.
But don’t take my word for it.
See for yourself.
z-pac, work your magic
in Thoughts and Feelings
as clean house, Delaware, doctor, drew, home, house, husband, Newark, newark delaware, sick, sick wife, straight days, strict orders, tomorrow, water
I am under strict orders from my husband to do absolutely nothing. And now, while he’s at work, he keeps texting me with this question: are you drinking your water? At which point I proceed to grab my trusty water bottle that is sitting nearby, take a sip, and then text back: yes. It would [...]
beaching
in Thoughts and Feelings
as beach, drew, hot sand, interesting place, ocean, ocean water, part, place, t rex, thoughts/life, vacation, water, wetsuit
It’s been a little while, I know. And I’m sorry. Part of it is because the place I am staying does not have one bit of wireless. But it seems a fair trade for the ocean as our backyard, I’d say. The other part is that I am at the beach with some of my [...]
