Yesterday was a very good day! My day was occupied writing a particularly unique ghost writing article that I may never live down among my friends. The day was also filled with laughs with my best friend via text. She and I understand each other so well and have so much yet to teach each other. I felt like a teenager again as I texted her because when we get together it's like no time has passed and we're 16 years old again. It's the best feeling in the world and allows both of us to forget the issues that come with being adults. Nothing beats knowing that we're never really alone in the world!
I spent the evening with my girls, playing outside and enjoying the lovely weather. My youngest and I had one of our usual interesting conversations about shapes in the clouds, why cats don't come when called and why I take my shoes off when I'm relaxing in my lawn chaise. Both my girls are constantly surprising me with how bright, beautiful and smart they are, and I know they have within them the best parts of me, though magnified a hundredfold and greatly improved upon. They are my greatest gifts in this world and I have faith they will achieve all their dreams, no matter what obstacles they face along the way. I'm pretty sure my stubborn determination is genetic after all... Once the girls were in bed for the night, I settled at my desk to finish my ghost writing article. I had a fresh cup of coffee to help me stay awake but was still having a hard time staying alert and focused on the subject matter. My thoughts started to wander to the following night which would begin four straight days of not seeing my girls at all when they go to their father's. It will be the first such stretch of the summer. It was extremely hard on me last year when the summer custody schedule began because it was my first time not seeing them at all and they had been the center of my whole universe for their entire lives. They're still the center of my universe but I've become better at dealing with being without them; though I will never be completely accepting of it. Amid fighting against a threatening downward swing, my east coast friend started texting me jokes out of the blue which caught me completely off guard. I started reading what he was sending and was immediately laughing so hard tears were running down my face. Talk about a reversal of emotions! I continued to write my article with welcome pauses to read the jokes and laugh, and the amusement kept me awake long enough to finish the work. I was so grateful for the unexpected and perhaps unintentional rescue, and it made my day of amazing positive experiences complete! I went to sleep still chuckling and filled with gratitude for the love my friends show me. It was an excellent reminder that even the lowest descent on the rollercoaster of life will eventually end, and the upward climb will begin once more. Keep looking where you want to go; keep looking up!
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