It's the simple things
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Will do, Maryn. Just have to edit it...you know, just a few more times...
Football brings me joy. So into it this year, I've taken to watching college.
Also, just spending time with my family. Last night was a rare night when we were all together. We play gin for a dime a point--and I have to say my wife is the worst winner I've ever known. When she wins a hand, she gets up and dances and just generally rubs your nose in it. I knew those yoga classes were a bad idea.
Football brings me joy. So into it this year, I've taken to watching college.
Also, just spending time with my family. Last night was a rare night when we were all together. We play gin for a dime a point--and I have to say my wife is the worst winner I've ever known. When she wins a hand, she gets up and dances and just generally rubs your nose in it. I knew those yoga classes were a bad idea.
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I've never played gin and kept score. What kind of money does the evening's big winner rake in? I used to have a friend who played nickel poker with her extended family when they visited, and she liked to crow how she'd won six bucks.
Among my happiest times are the nuclear family together playing party games, fueled with a reasonable amount of alcohol to remove inhibitions, since we're all seriously introverted. But we can't do that with our past reckless abandon since our daughter transitioned. The more we drink, the more likely we are to make a pronoun mistake, and that hurts her. My wishes these days aren't for publication or sales but for never making such a mistake ever again.
Maryn, crossing her fingers, driving under train bridges, and eating the wish bite last
Among my happiest times are the nuclear family together playing party games, fueled with a reasonable amount of alcohol to remove inhibitions, since we're all seriously introverted. But we can't do that with our past reckless abandon since our daughter transitioned. The more we drink, the more likely we are to make a pronoun mistake, and that hurts her. My wishes these days aren't for publication or sales but for never making such a mistake ever again.
Maryn, crossing her fingers, driving under train bridges, and eating the wish bite last
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I'm constantly putting my foot in my mouth with my kids, and they're not shy about letting me know about it. No one wins much in our card games, Maryn, because we're pretty evenly matched. This is what happens when you give all your secrets away.
I'm one transplant who used to have some family out here. We had so many great holidays, and just Sundays really. I miss that, but now we're a nuclear family who actually enjoys each other's company, so our weekends are pretty nice around here.
I'm one transplant who used to have some family out here. We had so many great holidays, and just Sundays really. I miss that, but now we're a nuclear family who actually enjoys each other's company, so our weekends are pretty nice around here.
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What brings me joy? My beloved Hubby greeting me in the morning, and also seeing his wonderful face throughout the day.
The smell of a good stew on the stove.
Our cat waking us up at 7 o'clock sharp every morning by jumping up in our our bed and right onto my bladder...
The fact that I am alive!
The smell of a good stew on the stove.
Our cat waking us up at 7 o'clock sharp every morning by jumping up in our our bed and right onto my bladder...
The fact that I am alive!
The glow of the setting sun on the tree branches and leaves outside the window that my desk faces.
This morning my coffee is giving me joy. I'm listening to great music (which always lifts my spirits) and working on a crochet project that is coming along nicely and reminds me how much I love to use my hands to create things.
Having a new recipe turn out perfectly.
Opening the curtains in the morning and seeing the sun gilding the street.
Jacarandas in bloom.
Opening the curtains in the morning and seeing the sun gilding the street.
Jacarandas in bloom.
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Oh, yes! Jacarandas. Their sweet scent and the purple shadows they cast when they're in bloom and their ferny leaves all the time.
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
Oh, yes! Jacarandas. Their sweet scent and the purple shadows they cast when they're in bloom and their ferny leaves all the time.
Blessings,
Siri Kirpal
That's beautiful. And a great reminder (for me) of how much a simple favor or thoughtful act can be so unbelievably powerful and helpful. The same holds true for kind words.
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Friday Night Sounds from the football stadium near my house. The announcer, I can plainly hear his amplified voice, and I can actually follow the game if I want to. But it's the band and the cheers and just the general vibe of a high school football game that brings back memories and brings me joy. Not a painless time, but the hope of that time, whether HSers are aware of it or not, in my middle age is a wondrous thing.
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