This morning, I \u00a0
am quiet, contented joy\u00a0
with the most incredible bout of\u00a0
loving kindness \u00a0
bubbling up inside\u00a0
(*slight alteration in moods may occur,\u00a0
which is why I am telling you here)\u00a0
this then, is how this sort of thing begins\u00a0
\u00a0
last week, I sent a brief message of genuine appreciation\u00a0
to a writer whom I admire\u00a0
in no small part because I repeatedly find \u00a0
so much we have in common\u00a0
and I was blessed to receive a reply that my message\u00a0
was received, as intended\u00a0
and our hearts, have met\u00a0
\u00a0
last evening I received a message from someone\u00a0
very dear to my heart\u00a0
to say in part, that she had thought of me\u00a0
this stops me, in time and space\u00a0
how very much this simple act of kindness,
touched me\u00a0
I went off to bed, weary from a busy day of work\u00a0
completely satiated with\u00a0
gratitude\u00a0
\u00a0
this morning then, a day off\u00a0
waking with a smile, coffee with my lovely husband\u00a0
whom I love madly (in case I may have failed to mention it)\u00a0
and for which, this beginning of coffee and books, \u00a0
somewhat quietly,\u00a0
together\u00a0
I am everyday, and forever grateful\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as well to the book I am currently enjoying\u00a0
which comes as a gift to the senses\u00a0
and has me looking up Italian cookbooks while wondering\u00a0
if I could make this just as lovely without the meat\u00a0
which is funny, as my husband is the real chef in the house\u00a0
and I am quite sure I have already blown\u00a0
my book budget for the month\u00a0
(but wait… it\u2019s now February!!)\u00a0
\u00a0
as well let me tell you, what I\u2019ve been thinking about\u00a0
last week, I see that Tom Franken has died\u00a0
and though I don\u2019t believe we are well acquainted; this is a face I recognize\u00a0
and happens to be\u00a0
a name \u00a0
I know well,\u00a0
Tom went to my high school, at one time, was a friend of my sister\u2019s\u00a0
and as I recall, used to say to her in a funny sort of farmer\u2019s drawl\u00a0
in a deep tone, \u201cWhat the hell…\u201d \u00a0
anyway, somehow me of very little memory\u00a0
manage to have this stuck firmly in my memory banks\u00a0
and happen to use this phrase often, where it is now phrased as\u00a0
(in my deepest drawl) \u2018in the words of Tom Franken-what-the-hell…\u2019\u00a0
then last week, I see a friend post of the loss\u00a0
of\u00a0this friend\u00a0
whose face I do recognize\u00a0
I am saddened and among many, share my condolences\u00a0
but also, I smile in fond remembrance\u00a0
\u00a0
so in all of this, what I really wanted to say is\u00a0
we touch many lives in our day to day\u00a0
and often, or sometimes\u00a0
without our even \u00a0
knowing it\u00a0
we will be remembered
\u00a0
and what I\u2019m wondering is, couldn\u2019t we\u00a0
choose then\u00a0
to do it kindly and lovingly\u00a0
as I can tell you, it serves to make each day\u00a0
just that much\u00a0
easier
with love and appreciation \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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