Less than 24 hours til departure! I'm not completely packed yet and still have to take care of last minute errands like getting disposable contact lenses and taking care of some banking business
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I find myself thinking about and talking about Mom a lot lately. So many things are reminding me of her, especially music, which is odd, because she almost never played music. At Walker, during a memorial service last weekend, I almost started crying when we sang Neil Diamond's "Brother Love's Traveling Salvation Show. Mom always liked the line, "Pack up the babies and grab the old ladies and everyone goes, 'cause everyone knows, brother Love's show ..." And her inexplicable attraction to Prince - "Eyes like lipid pools - he's got em!" And Bob Dylan's Maggie's Farm. "... She's 68 but she says she's 54 ..."
Everyone I've told about the owl has thought it was really cool and a little spooky.
I can identify with all the changes you're experiencing. I haven't had the adventures you have had, but where I am now, and who and how I am now compared to 10-15 years ago represents a pretty good journey. Just enjoy it one day at a time, and when you look back, enjoy it like a sprawling vista from the summit you have attained.
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Everyone I've told about the owl has thought it was really cool and a little spooky.
I can identify with all the changes you're experiencing. I haven't had the adventures you have had, but where I am now, and who and how I am now compared to 10-15 years ago represents a pretty good journey. Just enjoy it one day at a time, and when you look back, enjoy it like a sprawling vista from the summit you have attained.
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