When this mug was new, it mentioned At this time I Select Happiness. Happiness was on this fairly gold lettering. Nicely, I’ve continued to place this within the dishwasher, and the Happiness has worn off. Now every time I’ve espresso from this mug, I take into consideration what it’s I Select for myself for the day.
Yesterday I selected to Breathe, take into consideration our new grand child and get via the day.
New grand child?? Sure!!
Rockwell (7 lbs 6 oz and 20″ lengthy) was born Tuesday morning round 5:00 am. Mother and child are wholesome and so they might get to come back residence tonight!
Daddy and Rocky…..
Grateful for Rockwell because it’s been a troublesome few days right here and all of us wanted some excellent news. That is child quantity two in our household born throughout Covid, so we missed out on that second within the hospital ready room pacing in nice anticipation for the newborn to be born, then the chance to be with mother and pop within the room and maintain that candy little man.
I thought of that second all day yesterday. I thought of all that’s lacking proper now.
Tess and Manuel drove in from Dallas on Monday. Whereas they have been driving right here, there was an hour by hour replace on how everybody was feeling since Christmas Eve didn’t go as deliberate. In some unspecified time in the future it turned clear that getting collectively was not going to occur and we canceled yet one more household get collectively.
So not solely did we now have to downsize our Christmas Eve on the final minute from 19 to 7, we needed to cancel our huge household get collectively scheduled for Tuesday evening. That’s the massive occasion for us. That’s the one the place all of us collect in the lounge and I cross out 19 stockings that I spend nearly all of December purchasing to fill. Watching as every particular person pulls one merchandise at a day trip of their stocking is my Christmas morning.
Christmas was cancelled.
It. Is. Sporting. On. Me.
I’m so completely happy we have been in a position to all collect on the cabin in October and have a houseful for Thanksgiving. These steps backwards with Covid the final a number of days have introduced a lot disappointment and put me in an emotional funk.
The final two weeks felt off and I ponder if someplace in my thoughts, I knew it wasn’t going to occur. The 19 plastic luggage with names written in sharpie on them, nonetheless stay within the basement in a field as we attempt to resolve a intelligent solution to give everybody their crammed stockings.
At this time as I sip my espresso from this brightly coloured purple mug, I’ve to ask myself….
How will I select to spend at present?
We’ve got a wholesome new member of the family, Tess and Manuel are right here, and in some unspecified time in the future at present and tomorrow we’ll get in a go to with my mother and pop.
Yesterday Mike was gone a lot of the day working and the three of us knew we’d be spending the day on the home.
Tess and Manuel determined to work on a puzzle and that began sport day.
When was the final time you performed Monopoly? The three of us agreed that we’d by no means performed as adults. After a 5 hour sport, we realized loads, however might by no means play once more. lol
I used to be the primary one to bankrupt in Monopoly, so I opened my Trailer Home and started working.
I obtained exterior the final two days for lengthy walks and labored on filling my head with constructive ideas. Being exterior and inhaling recent air did assist.
Surrounded by sweets now……I’ll freeze or trash something left at present.
Sorry for the downer put up.
At this time I Select Happiness. Somedays that takes a really conscious effort.
“love the life you reside, dwell the life you’re keen on”