that is all.the hokey pokey
i saw a bumper sticker
25 years ago
that i still think about today.
it said:
what if the hokey pokey
is what it’s all about?
life with luke.change of plans
so there was this dreaded medical test that luke was going to take.
it has been talked about for years and
had finally been scheduled.
my stomach has been firmly in knots
in anticipation of the testing day.
the
o n l y
thing that i could point to as a gift
of that day
were the diddy riese cookies
that we were all going to get
after the very, very long and rough day.
bob and i have a
steadfast and wonderful
relationship with these cookies
and they have been at all
of the major events in our lives and
on plenty of mundane tuesdays as well.
yesterday, i briefly asked one of luke’s specialists
if he had any thoughts about said test
and he lovingly but firmly said
“don’t even test him.”
i have trusted this man with luke’s life before
and i still do today.
so, today, i get to cancel the awful test and
breathe deeply and know
that we will get the cookies again soon,
just not after that formerly dreaded day.
111 – 120/365 with a grateful heart.2025
they are all truly miracles
he just pours and pours his heart out on all of us
never before seen
dog-eared
some of my most favorite parts of the day
miracles upon miracles
getting his saliva test complete
the best photo assistant there ever was
truly a smiley
this mama loves a good reflection shot
here, there and everywhere
that is all.floaties
does the smell of new pool floaties
remind you of
swimming in the pond
at your grandparents’ llama ranch?
no?
well, it does for me.
and it is nothing short of glorious.
and if i listen hard enough,
i can hear the llama food
being rattled around in a big folgers can.
101 – 110/365 with a grateful heart.2025
those begging eyes
three ballerinas all in a row
a puppy + a prism
soon to be peaches
book on the bed
batman + a bubble
batman + a boat
peachy
late night Luke bread
which he refuses to eat
tradition but without all the kids
salt in my coffee (honest reflections).pink tinge
i didn’t know.
something happened,
and it took me months and
months and
months
to realize it.
i must have bumped a setting
on my camera
without knowing it
because my white balance
was slightly off
and all of my photos
were
a tinge pink.
and when i took pictures,
i could see it in my viewfinder.
the pinkness.
and yet,
i didn’t realize what had happened.
i was beginning to think
and believe
that everything around me
was slightly pink.
i wasn’t happy
with the images that i was taking.
they just didn’t sit right
but i didn’t know why.
i assumed that i was the one who was off,
not my camera.
so, i became
less and
less
interested in taking photos.
photos that i usually love taking.
photos that breath life
into my sometimes weary soul.
and then, about
NINE months
after i had
unintentionally altered that setting
in my camera,
i realized what had happened.
now, everything is back to the way that it had been.
back to the way it should have been.
back to the way it really was all along.
when i look through my viewfinder,
i see
what life really looks like.
i see
things the way they are.
and let me tell you,
things are not slightly pink.
it makes me wonder
what else i might
be seeing incorrectly.