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| Grandson at 4 in the park on one of our hikes... |
Reading DJan's post about the highs and lows of life this past weekend made me think about my own. I too wrote a similar essay back when I was writing on a website - before blogging in 2001. Probably very few people read my writings, but they weren't written necessarily to be read - just to get things off my mind. It helped.
Here is a link (if you're curious) : www.mystoriesetc.homestead.com/index.html
2000 was a difficult year. I'm pretty sure many of us have years in our lives that are better off not remembered. This one however was a roller coaster - with wonderful memories like our only daughter's wedding in the Spring and a once in a lifetime dream trip to Maine in the summer.... and then the world fell apart for a time.
I just read your "Highs and Lows" and realize that because you are writing this one in the Here and Now, your ACT worked. And about falling in love with Maine? How is that one working out? I just tried to find out where you are in the world right now but I keep losing the comment when I do. :-)
ReplyDeleteYes, it did... for the most part. I still love Maine. However, DH was not equally enamored.
DeleteAs for where I am in the world right now... (geographically speaking, yes?)... Dallas, Texas.
2000 was my worst year too...Mum died and then 4 weeks later my husband passed ...a little unexpectedly.These two events really affected me and seemed to change my personality and drained my get up and go perminantly.
ReplyDeleteAs for Muffins ...yes English muffins were different ....more like a flatish bread roll that is split and toasted....not eaten without toasting. Most people think of muffins nowadays as those that we called 'American' back then, but you can still buy English ones in the supermarket. xx
Angie, your mum AND your husband... how awful! I can imagine those two events did drain you. It must have taken a long time to get over that.
ReplyDeleteMuffins here (or cupcakes as some people prefer) are more like mini-cakes these days. Cupcake shops have sprung up everywhere where you can pick from dozens of different flavors and fancy icings. They are good, but I still prefer *pie*!
I have had a few,,,my worst was 12 years ago. We were taking care of Franks mom who had dementia and his sister got sick and ended up in the hospital cardiac ICU. She died a few weeks later and the day before her funeral we found out My Frank needed a heart transplant because of the same heart condition his sister just died of. I have left out a lot but it was wild and crazy. The next month our daughter had a big wedding. :-/ But we all survived didn't we...I have learned so much through my ordeal.♥
ReplyDeleteYes, Dee. We survived... although at times we probably wondered if we would. But it does *open* up something inside you - hard to explain exactly. Guess it goes back to the idea that it's not what happens to you in life, but how you handle it (and sometimes we handle it better than other times).
DeleteRian, I was wondering about Maine as well. I think ACT is a great philosophy for life, it's got me thinking.
ReplyDeleteA lovely photo of your grandson in the park. Yes there was shade under the trees in the park when I took Danny. He just didn't spend a lot of time in it. The toddlers playground is fenced in and mostly under the trees so is beautifully shaded in the summer, with tables as well.
Diana
Those photos in the park are bittersweet memories. That sweet child is now a handsome 14 year old adolescent... (still sweet and unbelievably well mannered - for his age group).
DeleteYes, all people must have painful happenings... All of life is made up of so-called-Good and so-called-Bad.
ReplyDeleteHugs.....
I sometimes think we need the hard times to make us truly appreciate the good times, Rian. Most lives are made up of this checkerboard of dark and light.
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