Is your spouse a fire sign? I need to know who to watch out for. Last gf was a Virgo and that was a DEEEESASTAR. She clean. Me mean. No go, Flo. However my late ma was an Aquarius and I get along with them well it seems. Buh I try not to think too deeply on this stuff.
Welcome back! Loved this one, such a beautiful read.
My oldest graduated high school 2 years ago and my youngest will graduate next year, so we are very much in the transition years and yeah, it's all very much. Thoughts and prayers, please.
Ooof! It is hard with multiple kids, right? Each one is unique, but the preparing for the leaving and then the leaving doesn't get any easier. IT'S A LOT!!!! At the graduation party I gave my friend a little "Mom self-care emergency kit" with some pampering odds and ends. Chocolate may or may not have been in play :) X!
Great piece and I feel the emotions! My dad and brother went to West Point so I totally get the heaviness of the goodbye when someone enters into one of the service academies. It's a big deal and way wayyy more mature and adult than simply going off to college. Sounds like a very special young man, I wish him good luck in his endeavors.
Wow. That is intense! I’m sorry an already hard experience was made more difficult. What these young cadets go through is really extraordinary. Families have their own journey! ✌🏼💗
What a lovely story, Sheila. Tales like this help restore my faith in the youth of 2024. So thank you!We do not expect Stay Curious to help us get fit, or save the planet, or organize our closets, or make a great lasagna. We look for no gossip or politics here. Those can be found in myriad other sites. As you say, we are looking for "... entertainment, levity, an original, authentic perspective...some uplift, a break from the gloom, a reminder that life is pretty absurd... " We count on you for that. Thank you.
Thank you so, so much Sharron! That means a great deal to me. As I said, I have wrestled with that odd, but I guess typical, self-consciousness of "what is the value, here? What is my offering?" But I never ask that about so many other creatives I simply love for their art in whatever form that takes. I'm trying to learn every single day about breaking up with that mindset that creative work has to have some empirical measurement to it! Create on! :) And thank you for being a kind and generous reader--always!
Hello there fellow Sagg! ;-) lol.
I suspected as much!!! Fire sign 4LYFE!!!
Is your spouse a fire sign? I need to know who to watch out for. Last gf was a Virgo and that was a DEEEESASTAR. She clean. Me mean. No go, Flo. However my late ma was an Aquarius and I get along with them well it seems. Buh I try not to think too deeply on this stuff.
HAA!!! The stahhhhhhs don’t mess around! I think he’s Cancer…he rolls his eyes at all of it, but I say, well look who has the upper hand? Smahhht. 😉
Love the reflection photographs!
Thanks Shital! I am such a sucker for reflection shots. Have skinned a knee or two getting way too friendly with a puddle :) no regrets! :)
Welcome back! Loved this one, such a beautiful read.
My oldest graduated high school 2 years ago and my youngest will graduate next year, so we are very much in the transition years and yeah, it's all very much. Thoughts and prayers, please.
Ooof! It is hard with multiple kids, right? Each one is unique, but the preparing for the leaving and then the leaving doesn't get any easier. IT'S A LOT!!!! At the graduation party I gave my friend a little "Mom self-care emergency kit" with some pampering odds and ends. Chocolate may or may not have been in play :) X!
Where is that lake? So purty.
Congrats on the Air Force Academy acceptance. My step bro was career air force having retired just a few years ago.
Thanks! It’s in New Hampshire-great spots all over the place. Congrats to your step bro. It’s really quite a path to choose ✌🏼🤣
Great piece and I feel the emotions! My dad and brother went to West Point so I totally get the heaviness of the goodbye when someone enters into one of the service academies. It's a big deal and way wayyy more mature and adult than simply going off to college. Sounds like a very special young man, I wish him good luck in his endeavors.
Thanks Diana! We are really proud to know this wonderful young man. I don’t envy Mom, but she is holding it together-ish 😉
When my brother went to West Point my dad started having recurring nightmares that he was back there as a cadet. It isn't easy for the parents!
Wow. That is intense! I’m sorry an already hard experience was made more difficult. What these young cadets go through is really extraordinary. Families have their own journey! ✌🏼💗
What a lovely story, Sheila. Tales like this help restore my faith in the youth of 2024. So thank you!We do not expect Stay Curious to help us get fit, or save the planet, or organize our closets, or make a great lasagna. We look for no gossip or politics here. Those can be found in myriad other sites. As you say, we are looking for "... entertainment, levity, an original, authentic perspective...some uplift, a break from the gloom, a reminder that life is pretty absurd... " We count on you for that. Thank you.
Thank you so, so much Sharron! That means a great deal to me. As I said, I have wrestled with that odd, but I guess typical, self-consciousness of "what is the value, here? What is my offering?" But I never ask that about so many other creatives I simply love for their art in whatever form that takes. I'm trying to learn every single day about breaking up with that mindset that creative work has to have some empirical measurement to it! Create on! :) And thank you for being a kind and generous reader--always!