This afternoon I get to see talented Cheyenne youth presenting Seussical, Jr. I've heard great things about it, I'm so excited to share it with my daughter. (PM Update.... Seussical, Jr was WONDERFUL! Cheyenne has such wonderful kids! I found out after the show that many of the kids are sick, there is a strep outbreak among the cast members. Despite this, the show was still amazing! If you are in the Cheyenne area and can get to it, DO IT! It is playing again next weekend, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.)
And I woke up this morning to read this beautiful poem posted by a friend. It speaks what is in my heart about my girl.
waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well known sadnessand and I have to sit down for a while
the feeling that I'm losing her forever
and without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
that funny little girl
Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
the feeling in it slipping through my fingers all the time
do I really see what's in her mind
each time I think I'm close to knowing
she keeps on growing
slipping through my fingers all the time
-Annette Barnes
2. Being welcomed by strangers.
This exercise is really making me consider all of the things that happen in my day and think about how even those things that could be negative are actually positives. This is where I have found blessing #3.
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| This is how I felt before church. |
Today my girl and I went to church in Greeley. It has been a while since we've been out there, but after the emotional couple of days we've had and considering my girl's "It's all about me" attitude she's been sporting, I thought we needed to head out there and get a good dose of the commons sense we get from Pastor Sarah's sermons. It has also been several weeks since my girl has been to Sunday school, and she was acting like it. During the Sunday school program, I needed to find some way to keep myself busy. There was a luncheon happening after the late service today as a farewell to one of the Pastors, so I stopped into the parish hall to see if I could lend a hand with set-up. If I had met any of the folks working on the luncheon before, I don't remember. That didn't matter. They were glad to have an extra pair of hands, and welcomed me as if I had been a part of the planning all along. Thank you, Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Greeley, CO, for being one of my blessings today!
This exercise is really making me consider all of the things that happen in my day and think about how even those things that could be negative are actually positives. This is where I have found blessing #3.
3. My ex's new wife.
Strange but true. As difficult as things have been between my ex and I, I will always have a place in my heart for him. We have a lot of history, almost 17 years together. One doesn't spend that much time with someone if she didn't love them at some point. I am very grateful that the woman he is married to now is a kind, goodhearted woman who enjoys the same types of things he does, and seems to love him very much. She takes very good care of my daughter when she is with her. I am grateful that his wife and I can communicate about the things we should be able to communicate about, and I hope that as time passes, and my ex and I rebuild a cordial, if not friendly, relationship, that I will be able to count her among one of my friends.
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