Yup.
I've been trying VERY HARD lately to dwell on those.
For instance.......
Does it matter if my daughter has to go to school another semester? She is so very close to the finish line of graduation.........what difference do a few more classes mean??? She is living on her own, she is growing in strength, she is making her mark in the world...........a bit awkardly, a bit confusedly, but it's HER mark..........she has good mind, and she is stretching it, and she is learning things about life they never taught in school.........these are the lasting things.........
Mom is coming for a visit this weekend.........my sister, several cousins, and an aunt are getting together with us for brunch.......renewing family relationships....we may never get another chance like this.....so we will go and enjoy each other's company......
When we visited our son two weeks ago I looked around at all of the young privates.....wondering how many of them would soon find themselves in a strange, frightening place........wondering what the future holds for my son, he of the vast heart & quirky mind......I held on to him VERY TIGHTLY when we said our good-byes, believe you me........hoping that his future holds merely an extended visit to Texas and several more years of sitting at a desk, learning the things they CAN teach you in school.
I'm glad you have a day off today. I wish I did too. We could maybe sit & have some crepes.......I think blueberry.....and look at the leaf-less maple trees, & at the ice sidewalks and snow-covered grass, and think about the day when it will ALL COME BACK TO US in shades of green, bursting with new life.