Are you taking Gineen's place in auto correct hell? Gotta tell you that I laughed out loud reading hits. For whatever reason, I think I'm disturbed that way.
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I love hearing your stories about your daughter on the basketball court. Makes my heart smile. Because what I wouldn't give for Ryan to be able to do this! But he brings me joy in different ways. And I love him to the moon & back.
I do love our kids too! They bring unexpected joy to the most mundane things. Things that we take for granted. You'll be happy to read that there are LOTS of non-verbal kiddos in wheel chairs on these teams. They have their typical peers roll them up and down the court and "help" them shoot the ball. They have trash cans at the end of each courts so that the wheel chair kids can make the baskets. It's hilarious and everyone has a good time. The best part? The fans in the stands are a mix of parents - both special and typical kids. And we cheer for everyone!
And thank you both for reaffirming my thoughts on the dating subject. I so totally agree. My mom weighed in last night after I told her that and that BFF asked me at the end of the conversation when I was coming home. (My BFF is her 3rd daughter and lives close by them.) My mom came out swinging. (I love my mom.) Fortunately for me, my mom gets this. She migrated to DC from the north shore of Minnesota - about 20 miles from the Canadian border. She never went back there to live and heard the same crapola from her friends and extended family (never her mom).
Her pet peeves:
1) Colorado has been my home since 1991. This is home. Not VA. Although VA will always be my childhood home and I have lots of roots there. (Mom is really adamant about this one, LOL.) 2) The people who ask me when I'm coming home next are the same ones who don't come visit me. Planes actually LEAVE DC as well as fly there. 3) My BFF has never been married (though she's a great godmother to my D20 and auntie to her own); she's had a lifetime of dating unavailable men and turns down ones who genuinely care. So what makes her a role model for me? (Okay, I really laughed when she said this.)
Anyway, hearing my mom go off kind of made me happy. She hates that everyone expects me to do the traveling. And she also hates that they expect me to haul my girls with me. Not so bad now, but when they were little, it really svcked. Especially D17, who was horribly hyperactive and had a hideous case of being OCD. Last year, my cousin paid for my airfare to come for Thanksgiving. I really appreciated it because I truly couldn't afford $750 to do that. They wanted me home bad enough to make the offer. So with the exception of my cousin and one of my college roommates, I can't remember when someone last visited me other than my siblings. I will offer that my college pals who came to my brother's funeral started a dialogue of when they could fly out to Colorado. And one of them gets a complete free pass, as her dad died last year, her mom's health is precarious, she surprised me by driving down from Philly to the funeral, and she's my traveling partner for college volleyball. So there you have it.
Apparently, I felt the need to justify being annoyed. LOL. I'm not *that* annoyed because I don't have time. I'm taking D17 to the dentist today, and I have to call a washer repairman since mine is leaking. I just need to keep moving toward the light... my mantra.
Anyway, carry one ya'll. Thanks for the support!
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Gotta tell you that I laughed out loud reading hits. For whatever reason, I think I'm disturbed that way.
