One of my loyal readers (whom I love sooooo much) thinks I need to slow down and take up knitting. Well, she admitted that she couldn't see me knitting, with a cat in my lap, but thought that I should slow down.
On the stress scale, any one of half dozen issues we are dealing with right now would have a huge impact on one's physical and emotional health. Yes, sometimes I feel like I am smothering under a heavy blanket of uncertainty. But I really feel that, except for the occasional times I freeze, or "act out", I have a pretty good handle on things and have learned to not sweat the small stuff. (Or maybe only sweat the small stuff!)
This is largely due to the HUMONGOUS support network of family and friends that I can lean on - starting with the amazing group living under this roof. I have learned that it is OK to ask for help. I am healthy. I have a beautiful and loving nuclear and extended family. I have the best girlfriends that any gal could ask for. And some pretty awesome guy friends. My amazing colleagues are the reason I enjoy going into work each day.
I have a great (and affordable) hairdresser.
Baseball season is starting.
Flowers are growing in my garden.
My car starts every time I turn the ignition.
I have a place to lay my head at night.
Cousin Kyran will be in town soon to read from her new book at the author's festival.
Carson is starting to cook and is impressing us with her fabulous meals.
Evann and I hardly ever mix up each other's Invisalign braces anymore. Yeah, gross!
Leah still hugs me when I come from work every night.
Larry will find a way to get us crazy cousins to the airport one night to get away for a mystery weekend - "You just need a passport and a credit card."
My house has been clean and tidy EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS.
Biking weather is almost here.
I am loved. And liked.
Gratitude and perspective go a long way in helping me cope with my topsy-turvy, teeter-totter, whirlwind life.
The knitting will just have to wait.
