You might
wonder why I didn’t get right on the computer when we arrived home after dinner but going
to dinner is just the beginning to a night out.
Once we arrive home we don’t separate and do our own thing, me on the
computer and he in front of the television in his recliner…I’m glad to say
after being together for 25 years we still like
spending time together. No, we take
advantage of the time we have and we do something we’ve done ever since the
very first day we ever met…
We play
games.
I’m sure
that’s exactly what you were thinking - I’ll give you a minute to get your mind
out of the gutter.
Seriously,
we love to play games, whether it’s cribbage, Mario Kart, cards, pool, board
games, it doesn’t matter. We both love
to compete. The very first day I ever
met my soon-to-be husband was while I was playing a game of pool and he
instantly fell in love with me when he saw I could shoot bank shots (I’m not
joking). I don’t think he realized at
the time just how competitive I was when he challenged me to a game…can you
guess who won?
So I took
the night off from writing but now I’m ready to get back to it. The task for Day 6 was to read a blog post
that spoke to us and then leave a thoughtful comment on it. I scoured the list of blogs I read regularly and
semi-regularly and I have to admit, none of them jumped out at me or really spoke to me…
Until I read
Dale Mayer’s blog post on Magical Musings titled Easter – a new beginning!
Why did this
particular post strike me when others did not?
It wasn’t
about writing, or building my platform, or how to finally finish editing my
book. It was about change and Easter and
what this time means for you.
Dale spoke
of the fact that changes in her life seem to always happen around Easter, for
one reason or another. Due to that fact,
she looks at this time of year as a time to reflect on how she is doing with
regard to her plans, her goals and her dreams.
When Dale
spoke about how the biggest changes seem to happen to her around Easter, she
made me think about all the change that has occurred for me and my family the
past six months…I have a new job, my husband has a new job, my oldest son has a
new job and is also attending college, I wrote a book, I started a second book,
and I created my blog. The changes have
been good but the varying schedules have been difficult to get used to for all
of us. I have never really been good
with change and I’ve done my best to alter my attitude about change but this
weekend hit a new nerve.
What nerve
could be struck during what should be such a pleasant holiday weekend?
It was disappointment
and even sadness when I realized my husband would not be celebrating Easter
with me and the boys for the first time in 19 years. It has been a traditional holiday for us and
for the first time in my boys’ life, their dad will not celebrate the holiday
with us because he has to work. A new
job means new hours. The boys are old
enough to understand but for me, it is a huge change in our routine for this
holiday and not one I was taking lightly.
But then
Dale went on to remind us that life is what we make it. I could be miserable about the change and
show my sadness about the fact that my husband was not spending the holiday
with us or I could suck it up and enjoy the fact that I still get to spend the
morning with my boys and the afternoon with family members who I enjoy spending
time with.
It’s all in
the attitude and how you show your appreciation for what you have been given,
rather than showing disappointment for what you feel has been taken from you.
How about you?
Have you read something recently that struck a chord when you least
expected? Did it cause you to seriously
review your attitude towards anything in particular? If so, share the post, whether it’s here or
with others through your own social media.
You never know who else might appreciate it.
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