Sometimes when I am sad, I go out to my side deck and try to relax. Today, I was gifted a flash of color. Two seconds of bright orange and then they were gone. Two Baltimore Oreos playfully flew by and flashed their colors to brighten my day. Then I spotted high in a tree, a hummingbird. A dot of wonder above my head was preening its feathers. How can I be sad after nature sends me its glory in the morning?
The Pandemic is still here. Life, new life is now the way we live. Masks in hand, we proceed to shop for our weekly groceries. This coming week, I am attending a zoom baby shower for a friend. It all seems normal and familiar now.
We changed our Seine River trip for the third time yesterday. First it was May 2020, then September 2020, and now September 2021. There is no sadness, just a longing to be somewhere else, doing things we have never done.
Day by day, we are falling into a rhythm. Jigsaw puzzles online, reading the virtual Washington Post, and visiting with my familiar animal world in my backyard. Step by step, it feels like the new normal.
I bought flowers yesterday, to brighten up the house. Something new in our home. A flash of color to greet us in the morning while we drink our coffee.
I long for my old life, but, know that with this is my new life. Time to smell the roses.
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