May
29
Will You Remember?
When I’m trying to decide whether something is really worth getting upset about I play a game called, “Will I Remember?” It goes like this: is this issue serious enough that I will remember it a year from now? Because if it’s not really worth remembering, it probably isn’t worth my time.
Conversely I try to pay attention to the things that I know I will remember in a year.
So on May 29, 2016, this is what I will remember about today:
- The look on our daughter’s face when I suggested that the refreshments for tonight’s graduation party be a “Snack Bar” of all of her favorite snacks for the guests to mix together. There will be a whole bunch of junky stuff not typically found at our house. After 8 years of fresh fruits and vegetable healthy lunches, I decided that this is the time to let her and her friends mix up individual snack containers of several kinds of potato chips, pretzels, peanuts, S’More Oreos, tortilla chips, Sophie’s signature homemade Nutella Puppy Chow and M&Ms for a sweet and salty buffet and wash it down with strawberry lemonade punch before the ice cream cake arrives.
- I will remember her pride in making decorations for it and putting together a Spotify playlist that she thinks her classmates will enjoy.
- I will remember that her friend asked to come over to help decorate for the party because her family doesn’t host parties and she loves to prepare for them. I will remember being happy that this child enjoys spending time at our home and we enjoy having her.
- I will remember that Bill made charming magnet party favors for each child using a photo from their last formal dance.
- I will remember that our sweet foster dog finally got an appointment to get his dental work done and that he is one step closer to finding his forever family.
- I will remember the beauty of our garden after the many hours of joyful work nurturing it and the enormous amounts of rain this month.
- I will remember that our new fabric line arrived and just took my breath away and even Sophie’s too (which doesn’t always happen because 13 year olds are a tough crowd to please).
I will not remember:
- That this is Day #5 in a rather serious respiratory infection because it’s a pretty regular thing for my hard-working but scarred lungs.
- I will not remember that rain may or may not force our party inside.
- I will not remember the annoying emails I received or got frustrated by something stupid because there are too many other wonderful memories that deserve that space in my head.
What will you remember?
yes. it's my real name. 
Excellent advice regarding what we allow to occupy space in our heads. Thanks!
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Weeks, I SO enjoy reading this blog. I am so glad you decided to start it. Thank you for your thoughtfulness
Happy graduation to Sophie!
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I so appreciate you sharing that. I wonder sometimes if I should continue it because there isn’t a lot of reader interaction or comments. I never know if it’s just a waste of precious time so I really appreciate the encouraging words.
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Thank you, for spending your time writing your blog. I have been touched many times by the personal stories you have shared. I think I cried for several days every time I thought about the bunny tracks story. Thank you, for your thought provoking insights and your great ideas on many subjects. Thank you, your example of service for others and animals alike have motivated me to do more volunteer work. I think you and Bill are doing everything right in the parenting category, the hardest job of all. Thank you, for your sincerity and courage to speak from the heart. I never miss a post!
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Thank you so much for that Donna. I put a lot of heart into this blog and am so touched that you enjoy it so much. I especially appreciate the pat on the back in the parenting department. Fortunately Sophie is a very easy child to parent and having first been a caregiver to my late mother-in-law whose condition would only lead to death no matter how hard I tried to make her comfortable, I think that parenting is a piece of cake comparatively. Truly, thank you for the encouraging words.
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Please DO continue your blog. I like it very much!
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I love your blog Weeks. I know it takes time and thought to do it. I would miss you, Bill, Sophie and the fosters so much.
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I did not know you have a blog, until now! I loved reading this post. It is such a special moment in your child’s life to be 13 and graduating from 8th grade. You are so insightful! I will remember today: my husband is in Appleton, Wisconsin spending the weekend visiting our daughter, Celeste. She is 21 and just finishinng her junior year of college. He bought her a car yesterday, and today she will go with him to Green Bay to the train museum. Trains are a big thing to him, he LOVES them! And it is only the second trip for just the two of them. (The first was when he took her college shopping at 17 as a junior in high school.) Have a wonderful party!
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This is my personal blog. Our business blog is http://www.craftnectar.com
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Weeks, I’ve read a variety of blogs and yours is by far my favorite. Donna Peterson’s comments are right in line with my thoughts. I hope you enjoy writing as much as we enjoy reading.
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