Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Ever Wonder?

Many of these days I have a bit of time on my hands for just pondering.
I can remember a time when there were never enough hours in the day to do it all! And thinking about the future was put on the back burner. We lived in the moment.

Those were the working, volunteering, taking classes, raising children, taxi driver, and cooking, laundering, shopping, and housekeeping years! I can now look back at them fondly and forget just how hard it really was, but worth every moment of it. These were some of the best years of our lives. Never thought I would miss any of that, but some days I really do.

Why is it some people feel they are not in the right time or place of appreciation of what they have when they have it? Guilty!

All I feel I can do at this point in my life is to pass it on to the next generation, my few words of wisdom and experience; enjoy every moment of it, because it goes by way too fast!
That is not to say that this time in our lives is not joyous as well. You must always find the happiness in your life! It is your job as human to do this, even when times are hard, especially now, count your blessings; it could always be worse.

The idea of raising mature, well educated, capable, independent adults is what the effort was for, and consequently it worked. But now they don't need us; mixed blessings, as some would say. Having male children only; I suspect that this is not that unusual. Foolish Mom as I was I made sure they could do their own laundry, cook and clean too!

I promised I would not discuss them too personally in this blog and to respect their privacy so unfortunately I will end this train of thought here and now.

New Topic: longevity of our marriage; nearly 38 years!
We are somewhat of an oddity for our generation of Baby Boomers, and to say it's been easy wouldn't be totally truthful. My parents were a great couple, and felt anything worthwhile was worth working at; and so we do.

Mind you not always at the same time, or with any plan or knowledge of what we are actually doing, nothing like that, but somehow we resolve these differences. LOL
Usually one of us has gone off the deep end with emotions on these occasions, and most would think that it is just too weird or crazy!

Not being one to live under a rock, and knowing some other couples of our vintage of marriage I can assure you this is not unusual behavior. The other person is usually acting quite calm while this occurs, so vibe wise it does work out amazingly. It is not for the feint of heart, and you must know your mate quite well and be sure that they will catch you and love you unconditionally. Almost like you are the child, which is who you become during the duration of this act.

Which way will the war go?

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