Mother's Day
This has been another strange week. Full of ups and downs, but mostly downs. There was another, senseless, tragic, completely avoidable school shooting at a nearby charter school, WAY too close to home. It was stressful even tho it wasn't our kids' school. I worry about the kind of anxiety this puts on kids, while they're at school, even tho supposedly school is one of the safest places they can be. I don't know if I quite agree with that anymore. There is clearly something wrong here, but I don't know how to fix it. It's extremely frustrating and maddening, and I feel completely helpless and rather useless. But the fix is not an easy bandaid. It's an extremely complex surgery with many complicated steps.
Our neighbor;s beloved dog, Boomer, passed away yesterday, after a short battle with cancer. He was an amazing dog, so good and sweet. I know his owners Greg and Diane are just heart broken over the loss. I think these events may have awoken the grief inside Rhys, he seems to be missing Harabuji a lot this week.
On the brighter side, we sold my dad's work van, and thankfully it only took a couple days and sold to the first person that actually came thru and looked at it. Funny thing...the first offer we got was a trade for a Civic with hail damage, a rifle and $500, lol! But that was just another thing that we had to do to move on, and it was difficult and quite emotional for me.
And today is Mother's Day...a day to celebrate our moms and all that they do. I didn't really appreciate this day til I became a mother myself, and realized the amount of love and sacrifice only a mother knows. And I feel this even more thinking about what my mom has to go thru now, navigating this life without her husband. She's so strong and resilient and amazing, I have no words to describe how much admiration I have for her and how she's handled things since Dad's passing. I know she has her moments, and as hard as it is for me to see her that way, I'm glad she's able to express her sadness and grief, reminding me she's human too.
Another difficult "first" for us, but nowhere near as difficult as the next big day will be in just about a month from now. I wish I could figure out a way to fast forward June...
Our neighbor;s beloved dog, Boomer, passed away yesterday, after a short battle with cancer. He was an amazing dog, so good and sweet. I know his owners Greg and Diane are just heart broken over the loss. I think these events may have awoken the grief inside Rhys, he seems to be missing Harabuji a lot this week.
On the brighter side, we sold my dad's work van, and thankfully it only took a couple days and sold to the first person that actually came thru and looked at it. Funny thing...the first offer we got was a trade for a Civic with hail damage, a rifle and $500, lol! But that was just another thing that we had to do to move on, and it was difficult and quite emotional for me.
And today is Mother's Day...a day to celebrate our moms and all that they do. I didn't really appreciate this day til I became a mother myself, and realized the amount of love and sacrifice only a mother knows. And I feel this even more thinking about what my mom has to go thru now, navigating this life without her husband. She's so strong and resilient and amazing, I have no words to describe how much admiration I have for her and how she's handled things since Dad's passing. I know she has her moments, and as hard as it is for me to see her that way, I'm glad she's able to express her sadness and grief, reminding me she's human too.
Another difficult "first" for us, but nowhere near as difficult as the next big day will be in just about a month from now. I wish I could figure out a way to fast forward June...
posted by joyce at
12:36 PM
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