To paraphrase Goldie Hawn's character Elise from the movie The First Wives Club, I get my best ideas/thoughts/brainstorms while exercising. Which in this case means taking a walk around the beautiful Hunt Valley industrial park in the broiling early-April sunshine. Seriously, it is going up to 90 F today. Welcome to the Mid-Atlantic's version of spring. To be followed shortly by weeks of cool and rainy weather. Damn your eyes, shifting weather patterns!
*Shakes fist at heavens*
My point? Right! So I was walking today and the comparison of this year versus last year jumped into my head which I felt compelled to share. Hey, it's better than ruminating on wormy suicides. AMIRITE?
A year ago today:
I was pregnant.
I knew that I was having a boy.
I was scared to death.
Now I have a little boy whom I just adore. And I think that he likes me pretty well too.
A year ago today:
I had an office mate.
I had a confidant.
I had a friend.
Now I have a reason to go out and do things and a new group to do them with..
A year ago today I had three living grandparents.
Now I only have one. But Grandma and Grandpa at at peace so I'm slowly becoming okay with it.
A year ago today:
Noelle was still in pull-ups.
Noelle was sleeping in a crib.
Now I have a daughter who is no longer a baby but well on her way to becoming a beautiful, sweet and wonderful little girl.
A year ago today we were a family of three.
Now we are a family of four.
And I can't imagine it any other way.
Not a bad year after all.
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