I'm looking for joy! I'm absorbing all of the joy I can find in this lead-up to the solstice (which is also the anniversary of my birth, which took place at a time when yes, there was television, but the view was all black and white).
If you aren't aware of my request for joy, please click here and then, if you are just oozing with possibilities, please share them with me. It's a gift. To yourself. And to me. And to all of my 21,546 readers. Ha!
On June 21st, I will be sharing all of the joy with anyone who happens upon this blog. At that time, I'll be in far off lands, celebratin', but I'll still have a computer and I'll still be thinkin' of you!
As of now, my daughter is in town (talk about joy!) and we've been doing girly things. She holds my hand and MAKES me walk through stores. Stores! Not my favorite environments, unless they are full of fresh vegetables. But these stores have been full of clothes. I have finally found myself the perfect Derby hat!
Not for Derby goin', but for standing in the beatin' down, Colorado sun every Saturday. And also for takin' to the far off land where I hear there are beaches. A girl has to have somethin' to protect her fair skin from the elements.
And my daughter and I have been sharing thoughts and dreams that could not be shared in such ways until now. Some things have to wait until a certain amount of life experience has occurred. She and I are barely mother and daughter now. She is a capable woman who is my friend. How lucky I am!
Now I've come full circle: joy, stores, hats, daughters, dreams, and more joy, for all of the above fills me with such happiness.
Great hat! Great post. Great joys!
ReplyDeleteJoy for me? Love, family, friends, freedom and smiles.Oh and finding your blog and you AND meeting you (and Mr CfP) of course!
ReplyDeleteDid I make the time limit? It's nearly 10pm here so I guess it's only 3pm in Colorado?
I'm itching to know where you are going - far flung shores and all that!
Thanks, G.G.!
ReplyDeleteDancing,
ReplyDeleteYou beat the deadline. Thanks for your contribution!
Actually, the shores aren't TOO far flung. We'll be on Cape Cod, off of the coast of Massachusetts. Have you been there?
Dancing,
ReplyDeleteP.S. I'm trying not to make comments on the responses I receive, but I did want to say that I'm happy that we found each other's blogs and I love that I got to meet you (and Mr. Dancing, of course!). Hopefully, we'll meet again some day.
Cape Cod - no I haven't been there but,15 years ago, it was my first ever sighting of America from the plane - there's no mistaking its distinctive outline!
ReplyDeleteHave a great time!
Carol, how lovely! Your perfect derby hat but even more so, this time with your daughter. Such times are magical. You said it: talk about joy!
ReplyDeleteI missed the deadline, but I'm going to check out what the deadline was for. Talk about curiosity!
San,
ReplyDeleteYep, lovin' being with my daughter.
I'm glad that your curiosity took you to the place of the question and your heart brought you an answer!