Songs to Herself
She waved at all the people on the trains & later, when she saw they didn’t wave back, she started singing songs to herself & it went that way the whole day & she couldn’t remember having a better time in her life.
Month: December 2013
Something True
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Birthday
My favorite thing is saying something true, he said, but I’m a lot younger than you & don’t have to worry so much about my reputation.
Some Kind of Ride
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Birthday Celebrations Children & Parenting Events Graduation Inspirational Other Holidays Retirement Travel & Moving
feels like some kind of ride but it’s turning out just to be life going absolutely perfectly
Solid Effort
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Aging (& Retirement) Graduation Inspirational Personal Growth Retirement
It’s taken me a long time to get here, he said, so I don’t really care if it’s wrong.
Soccer Coach
There are about a hundred good reasons why no sane person would ever coach soccer, he told me on the drive home, but I forget most of them when I’m on my meds & then we laughed wildly in the bright spring air.
Soccer
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting Sports & Fitness
What are the rules? I said & he said you run & you run & you run until you fall over. There’s a couple others in there for variety, he added, but that’s the main one.
Smiling Eyes
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Inspirational Romance & Relationships
She turned to me & whispered, don’t you just love it when you get so excited you forget to breathe? & the thought of her smiling eyes still makes me laugh.
Smart Exercise
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Personal Growth Sports & Fitness
If you were smart, you’d probably spend more time stretching, he said & I said, If I were really smart, I’d probably spend more time just sitting in the shade drinking lemonade
Smaller World
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Condolence & Loss
I know he’s not really gone, she said, but the world still feels smaller to me today.
Small World
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Anniversary Engagement Friends & Neighbors Graduation Romance & Relationships
We sat in the car & the night dropped down until the only sounds were the crickets & the dance of our voices & for a moment the world became small enough to roll back & forth between us.