Thank You
Last night I went to a surprise party for a friend. It wasn't his birthday - but he finally got his piece of paper for the degree (the coursework for which was completed years ago, hehe), and his wife went all out to have this surprise celebration for him - although I guess he was kind of suspicious and he didn't seem so surprised, heh....she had to tell him his family was going to be there, but I don't think he knew about everyone else. She brought his freshly acquired degree to the restaurant and even got their son a cute little tyke-sized sweatshirt from our college. Congratulations on the degree Jon!
Anyways - it just got me to thinking about - even when it seems like life sucks - how awesome parts of it can be. I was thinking about how lucky we all are to have people who kick ass in our lives, or people, like at this gathering, who will drive for an hour or two to what feels like a remote and random place (as does where I live!!), to celebrate a friend or family member. I'm old enough now to where I've gotten to the point where I realize that life is too short to keep people in your circle that don't bring something positive to your life (and hopefully you bring the same to theirs). I may not have as many friends as I had back in the day - and the phone may no longer ring off the hook, but these days those friends I do have really bring positive things into my life. The other parts of my life may not be where I want them to be, and that has a really powerful effect on me at times - but I have some amazing people in my life.
I lucked out with a kick ass family (something I know not everyone gets), and my friends are phenomenal on so many levels. And another cool thing is when they marry or otherwise attach themselves to significant others who are also damned cool (as is the wife mentioned above and the counterparts for some of my other pals - like the fiancee of one of my best friends, and the husband of another).
Thank you to all of the amazing people in my life....you make it all worthwhile.
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(Still to come in the near future - pictures of THE COOLEST TOY EVER!!!!)
Anyways - it just got me to thinking about - even when it seems like life sucks - how awesome parts of it can be. I was thinking about how lucky we all are to have people who kick ass in our lives, or people, like at this gathering, who will drive for an hour or two to what feels like a remote and random place (as does where I live!!), to celebrate a friend or family member. I'm old enough now to where I've gotten to the point where I realize that life is too short to keep people in your circle that don't bring something positive to your life (and hopefully you bring the same to theirs). I may not have as many friends as I had back in the day - and the phone may no longer ring off the hook, but these days those friends I do have really bring positive things into my life. The other parts of my life may not be where I want them to be, and that has a really powerful effect on me at times - but I have some amazing people in my life.
I lucked out with a kick ass family (something I know not everyone gets), and my friends are phenomenal on so many levels. And another cool thing is when they marry or otherwise attach themselves to significant others who are also damned cool (as is the wife mentioned above and the counterparts for some of my other pals - like the fiancee of one of my best friends, and the husband of another).
Thank you to all of the amazing people in my life....you make it all worthwhile.
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(Still to come in the near future - pictures of THE COOLEST TOY EVER!!!!)
posted by The Shababbler at 5:16 PM
4 Comments:
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We are all lucky as well for having you in our lives. :)
Thanks for your visit. When I read your blog, and left my mysterious post, I thought you might be one to check it out. I share your feelings about how important my micro community is to me, and how that's whittled down to the best of the best, but I'm always on the lookout for people that i would learn from, or that share a common spirit. I also get those WV letters mixed up, and often have to do it twice.Thanks for your participation in my very scietific experiment.
cool can't wait to see the toy :-)
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