I was casting about for something to write today. My weekend was completely unexciting: I worked for a bit on Saturday as I had a client coming in (he wanted to miss as little work as possible - can't blame him for that!) and I spent Saturday night and Sunday reading and watching movies. I didn't finish my book, but I watched some old favorites:
The Blues Brothers, The Ladykillers and
All of Me. I also spent a fair amount of time yesterday thinking and moping,
overanalyzing my existence and everything that's going on in my life that is seemingly beyond my control. I had a hard time sleeping last night and woke up quite early this morning. More time to think and ponder and after a quick stop at
WalMart for ibuprofen and packing tape, I came to the office. I have been sorting out stuff from storage to either donate or sell and the other day I came across a box I had forgotten about. During my collecting heyday, I was mad for Boyd's Bear figures and Tim had once gotten me a lovely piece (back in 1997!) called The Lesson. As you can see, it's a family of angel bears teaching the baby bear how to fly. The cats had broken the original I had (lots of my things met an untimely demise that way) and I had found an inexpensive replacement a couple of years ago on eBay - but I guess I never took it out of the box. No place to put it, I guess. Well, the other day, I liberated the bears from their box and here they are, demonstrating for me how to fly. Trite as it sounds, maybe the lesson I need to learn right now is how to fly solo again. I try to think of something positive to write about every day -
who wants to read a downer sort of blog? - and these little bears reminded me of happier times. The box in the center of the piece says "Heavenly Home Flight Training Kit - The ONLY Way to Fly." Not a bad lesson for a Monday.
Mary
Engelbreit never fails to lift my spirits, either. I went to her blog today and here was the picture above: "The world is full of cactus but you don't have to sit on it." Definitely a positive affirmation. And a good laugh!
Hi Dawn, your weekend and Monday sounds familiar. I like the part about "pondering" about cleaning. I love seeing Aggie in at the pool, every time I come to your blog. Hope you have a good week. Keep in touch.
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It's always fun to find treasures you forgot you had.
ReplyDeleteDawn, when I think of you the first thing I always think about is Boyd's Bears. I remember how much you loved them, how cute you had your office decorated with them. I thought of you just last week when I was cleaning out a gigantic tub of cross-stitch pattern copies. Do you remember how we used to share our cross-stitch books and make copies of them for each other? In trying to trim down the mess in the basement, I came across just piles and plies of copies, many of them teddy bears. I chose a few to keep and tossed the others, I just don't have the room (or the need) for them anymore. I think the older I get, the more I understand getting rid of clutter, and the more I value "clean empty spaces" around me! But, I still place a lot of sentimental attachment to things, and it's still hard to decide what to keep and what to let go of. That applies not just to material possessions...
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