Today the sun is shining in its perfect October way, giving us a bright and beautiful landscape after days of fog, hinting at the rains and clouds to come soon to this part of the country. Maybe that's why my heart is full of gratitude and happiness.
Here are some random things that make me happy today:
Son-One and his wife, our beautiful DIL, are expecting a BABY GIRL!!! Yep, little 5-year old Angel will be a big sister. (There will be other posts about this, of course (!), but we just found out the sex of the baby, so we are floating like this pink balloon!)
YAY! SEE YOU IN MARCH, SWEET GIRL!
My all-time very favorite singer/songwriter, Jackson Browne, is 66 today and how the hell does that happen anyway, when I am still 26 and I thought he was 28. Oh well, here he is singing the anthem of my mid-20's. He has more poignant socially relevant music, but this one rocks the world I inhabited in 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdHg4QEmBvk
Also on the VIP music hit parade today is this iconic song by the great John Lennon, who would have been 74 today. (Just imagine that while you are imagining!) This is another song that puts me right back in a certain time of my life, but the message is timeless: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRhq-yO1KN8
Also, the upside (I guess) of my recent car accident is that the loss of my beloved Prius meant the gain of a new car, a Suburu Outback. I am told I now belong to the "Subie Nation" -- some sort of cult, apparently headquartered in Boulder, Colorado judging by the massive number of Outbacks I saw during a visit there last weekend. Mine is a beauty. Her Venetian Red Pearl color has led to me calling her just "Pearl". I think we will make a nice couple.
I deserve none of this joy, of course; it is all grace. It feels good to find open-hearted appreciation for so much light after a little stretch of darkness. Hallelujah!
At least, that's the view from here…. ©
I often wonder what more John Lennon would have given the world if his life hadn't been cut short and for such a senseless reason. So sad.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the new granddaughter on the way! Babies add such excitement in the family (and to our Facebook pages) don't they.
Love your new car. Enjoy those graces in your life.
I often wonder about John Lennon too…and so many others taken too soon at a time when their influences were so great. Hard to know how it might have turned out.
DeleteGetting used to the new car…so much to learn! It's like driving a computer!
And our grand baby on the way is a joyous thing for sure. There is a sense of unreality about it yet. DIL is barely showing and feels great so everything still seems the same for now. I have been paying closer attention to baby clothes and picked up a box of diapers to stash in the attic….
So, YOU Have a head start on the month of gratitude practice at EUUF.
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