One of my favorite comedians is Louis CK. If you say his name fast out loud it sounds like Lucy K, which I also like. If you have four minutes, this is worth a watch.
Whenever my internet is temporarily down, I think of Louie. "Give it a minute. It's going to space!" Well, maybe not space, but a lot of stuff is going on that I don't even see. And I know I don't appreciate everything enough.
Which brings me to Facebook. Oh how I love/hate you Facebook. I love that 94 people "liked" my new haircut. (Thanks if you were one of them!) But I also think I fall into this trap:
Which brings me to Facebook. Oh how I love/hate you Facebook. I love that 94 people "liked" my new haircut. (Thanks if you were one of them!) But I also think I fall into this trap:
No one wants to see the icky stuff in life. That's why we all post beautiful, happy photos. And we all know deep down that that is not reality. What I also DISLIKE about Facebook is that it can push good friends apart. I get lazy and I comment on a photo instead of picking up the phone. I "accept" an invite to an event, and then I don't go. Suddenly, real friends turn into Facebook friends.
What I LIKE about Facebook is how it can pull together almost strangers and fight for a cause. A group of us tried very hard to keep the Price Lab School open. The big realization in my life right now is very simple: Life is not fair. As my mom used to say, "Who said life was fair?" I didn't listen then but I'm trying to listen now.
However, I thought if we worked really hard, and our cause was just, we had a chance to make a real difference. But that is not always the case. I feel the same about Jude. We can do all the therapies and go to all the doctors visits possible, but in the end, Jude will be who Jude will be. Sometimes I want to give up, and sometimes I want to push through knowing we did the best we could regardless of the outcome.
(Oh, and that image above reminds me, did I mention that I was Hudson High School's Homecoming Queen of 1994? I'm really surprised that it took me four whole blog posts before I mentioned that about myself :)
So, T-minus 10 days to surgery. T-minus five days until my husband takes me to see Louis CK live in Minneapolis. I cannot wait! I'll share a quote I stole from someone's page on Facebook, "I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person." --Audrey Hepburn.
So I will choose to laugh. And choose to be happy. Because, after all, everything is amazing.
What I LIKE about Facebook is how it can pull together almost strangers and fight for a cause. A group of us tried very hard to keep the Price Lab School open. The big realization in my life right now is very simple: Life is not fair. As my mom used to say, "Who said life was fair?" I didn't listen then but I'm trying to listen now.
However, I thought if we worked really hard, and our cause was just, we had a chance to make a real difference. But that is not always the case. I feel the same about Jude. We can do all the therapies and go to all the doctors visits possible, but in the end, Jude will be who Jude will be. Sometimes I want to give up, and sometimes I want to push through knowing we did the best we could regardless of the outcome.
(Oh, and that image above reminds me, did I mention that I was Hudson High School's Homecoming Queen of 1994? I'm really surprised that it took me four whole blog posts before I mentioned that about myself :)
So, T-minus 10 days to surgery. T-minus five days until my husband takes me to see Louis CK live in Minneapolis. I cannot wait! I'll share a quote I stole from someone's page on Facebook, "I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person." --Audrey Hepburn.
So I will choose to laugh. And choose to be happy. Because, after all, everything is amazing.
My cinquain poem of the day:
Laughter
Loud, often
Making others smile
Lifting up my spirit
Friends
Laughter
Loud, often
Making others smile
Lifting up my spirit
Friends