August 1st, 2017
a paper crown and a bag full of pennies
Title of post: what one of my coworkers/friends ‘got’ for her birthday today. It’s going to be THAT kind of a post, so, here we go.
The summer of going to lunch every day? Post practice, Pizza Hut buffet, Indian food, whatever. Post lunch, teaching classes, more chalk dust, more gymnastics, then out out out all night til it ended. The summer of waiting for Baby2 to join us on Earth? She pulsed, she pushed, she grew, bouncing around in darkness, faint ship quivering on water emblazoned with her name. Summer when the bridge fell down, painting doors in Diana’s basement, summer when HITF ended, summer when even more changes came at work. Summer when Preschooler1 was Baby1 and was growing and going in the stroller and sleeping sleepily and lazily and heading down to see Grandpa’s doctors and hoping for a miracle (got it!). Summer when we buried LeRoy, summer when we had a pizza and pool party in Burlington, summer when we were lonely but together. Summer summer summer.
“There’s no point in worrying about it” lol
That’s it!
August 2nd, 2017 at 7:46 am
Yay, an update! Also, if you hadn’t clarified I def would’ve thought the title was a new Iron & Wine song. 🙂
August 2nd, 2017 at 7:54 pm
ha ha! It does seem like a song title!
My goal is to update every day in August, I can tell already that won’t happen BUT get ready, even if it’s trash, it shall be posted.
August 2nd, 2017 at 9:13 pm
So many summers.