Month: March 2019

Sometimes I have to remind myself that people don’t just suck. People make that hard sometimes. Like the guy at Costco today who was just a jerk for the sake of being a terrible person. He thought that being terribly inconsiderate was funny. You never can tell what a person is going through and sometimes you have to give them the benefit of the doubt because what we see isn’t always the whole story.

This week has been a rough one, but I’m not sure you would know it if you met me on the street. It’s always rough when you hit the anniversary of the death of a loved one. I’m sure that I’m not the only one that has put on a good face and tried to deal with things silently. This isn’t limited to loss, we all have challenges and challenging times that no one knows about.

In this world of social media where we can jump to conclusions and condemn others anonymously before we have all the facts, maybe we can remember from time to time to be a little kinder to those around us who may be in need of a shoulder to cry on or a listening ear.

Sometimes things are obvious when you know what to look for. When you don’t know what you are seeking, it can be a bit harder to find. I’m not sure just how easy to spot it is here, it jumps out at me because I put it in there.

Birds. There are so many snide remarks that I could make here, and after the day I’ve had, believe me I want to. But instead I think I will just focus on these two birds sitting high above it all and watching with interest all that goes on below. Sometimes it would be nice to just sit above it all and watch without having to get ones hands dirty living on the ground and dealing with it all.

I think I’m going to go sit, like a bird on the couch and watch the rest of the day go by in peace.

Today is three years since Matt died. So there is a piece of me missing still that I can’t ever replace no matter how many parts I can put together. I went to House of Watts and rode bikes tonight. It is never quite the same riding without Matt.

I think I’m not alone in missing someone that cancer took way too soon. So while today I’m feeling it, this is also for everyone else who is going to have this same day sometime later (or earlier) this year (and every year).

You may have seen the shirt with the picture of the rhino saying ,”Save the chubby unicorn.” Today we had family over and there were some mini unicorn pinatas. Due to the aforementioned shirt I called them skinny rhinos. My niece wasn’t to keen on that, but I remembered this rhino from my wax animals and decided to include it. I had to do a little work on him because the mouth wasn’t quite right before, but I liked this animal when I first did these and so I’m kind of glad I was able to repair him.

It’s been a busy day and I haven’t had a lot of time to work on things, so I give you the rhino or chubby unicorn.

…With tears in my… No, that doesn’t work either. I’m just not sure that there is a song that works for this picture.

I went out to the cemetery today. Monday will be 3 years since my brother passed away. Next to the headstone underneath a rock was a piece of paper. On the piece of paper was written, “Right as rain. Thanks.” Not that this has anything to do with the picture, but I thought it was interesting that at a grave site there was a note that everything was ok. That seemed like a good sign.

It is almost time to start training for the Huntsman 140 and LOTOJA. So this seemed like the right picture for the day.