So the only reason I didn't say this last week is that it's taken me a minute to come down from this season of Giving Thanks.
After spending the entire prior week with my family in a way I haven't done with them in nearly 15 years the warm and fuzzy feelings just kept coming.
Getting to cozy up to my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings for a few days to celebrate a wedding was more heart filling than I could have imagined.
There were many moments and still this might give you an idea.
I was all by myself on a dance floor of children when my Dad tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to dance.
He then proceeded to take my Mama and my sister for a spin too.
And there was lots and lots of love. My smiled filled my face.
After a few days with some goddess friends' of mine in San Francisco I went to Seattle for a tick.
There I had the best meals I've had in years most of them with my friend Greg. The home cooked loving goodness in his house spilled out into the restaurants we chose to visit too. It was the company and the familiarity that did the trick. I got to eat and eat and laugh and laugh and that felt so very good.
I came back home to Portland and soon was enjoying The Muppet Movie on it's opening day. Which, of course, made me feel even better about feeling so good.
Then there was a Thanksgiving dinner for the record books. My friend Nessa sets a beautiful and deliciously warm table.
That food, booze and revelry were so good the bar has been set sky high for this Champagne Season.
Since then I've been celebrating.
Celebrating my good fortunes, the things that are just as I always dreamed them and all the things that are soon to be.
I mean Christmas is coming right?
When I know that the next fabulous step in my dreams coming true sits waiting for me all gussied up in paper and ribbons (for the surprise's sake) how could I not be bursting.
And then there's still New Year's to come after all that?
What?
So far I've sang, I've danced, I've held happy healthy babies, I've had meals I can barely describe, I've seen dear old friends and made a great many new ones. And don't get me started on those dreams come true.
It will suffice to say that I have kissed them all.
So now I only ask that every day from here to that new year be an amber hazed, champagne bubbled, gift wrapped, fire cracker of potential, filled with your own excitement.
Oh beautiful Life, cheers and thank you.
After spending the entire prior week with my family in a way I haven't done with them in nearly 15 years the warm and fuzzy feelings just kept coming.
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| Clay Lamps for the Hindu Fall/Winter Holiday of Diwali Source: Creative Commons |
Getting to cozy up to my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and siblings for a few days to celebrate a wedding was more heart filling than I could have imagined.
There were many moments and still this might give you an idea.
I was all by myself on a dance floor of children when my Dad tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to dance.
He then proceeded to take my Mama and my sister for a spin too.
And there was lots and lots of love. My smiled filled my face.
After a few days with some goddess friends' of mine in San Francisco I went to Seattle for a tick.
There I had the best meals I've had in years most of them with my friend Greg. The home cooked loving goodness in his house spilled out into the restaurants we chose to visit too. It was the company and the familiarity that did the trick. I got to eat and eat and laugh and laugh and that felt so very good.
I came back home to Portland and soon was enjoying The Muppet Movie on it's opening day. Which, of course, made me feel even better about feeling so good.
Then there was a Thanksgiving dinner for the record books. My friend Nessa sets a beautiful and deliciously warm table.
That food, booze and revelry were so good the bar has been set sky high for this Champagne Season.
Since then I've been celebrating.
Celebrating my good fortunes, the things that are just as I always dreamed them and all the things that are soon to be.
I mean Christmas is coming right?
When I know that the next fabulous step in my dreams coming true sits waiting for me all gussied up in paper and ribbons (for the surprise's sake) how could I not be bursting.
And then there's still New Year's to come after all that?
What?
So far I've sang, I've danced, I've held happy healthy babies, I've had meals I can barely describe, I've seen dear old friends and made a great many new ones. And don't get me started on those dreams come true.
It will suffice to say that I have kissed them all.
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| 10,000 Monks Praying |
So now I only ask that every day from here to that new year be an amber hazed, champagne bubbled, gift wrapped, fire cracker of potential, filled with your own excitement.
Oh beautiful Life, cheers and thank you.
