I’m big on the small things in life.
~The amaryllis that flowered again – two years after it first bloomed at Christmas, a gift from my friend Jean. How lovely to have an amaryllis reblooming in May!
~My husband cycling again. For my birthday gift, I asked him to “go cycling with Bill”. Bill is his former coach and dear friend. So off they went, and that started him cycling again.
Our wet winter meant he hadn’t gone cross-country skiing and missed the activity.
~Our older daughter and son-in-law live in the USA, and I miss them a lot. I look forward to hearing from them, including their weekly call together on a Sunday. I also miss their cats, Simon and Jerome.
So it made my day when they sent new photos of the cats. Below, Jerome is practicing the art of camouflage. Can you even see him?
Simon, meanwhile, has come out of the closet. (Yes, for years – until very recently — his favourite place was inside a closet.)
~Dawson, whom our younger daughter rescued four years ago, was looking weak the other day, especially when compared to Julius, who has energy to spare.
Mr. D. is old now, and he’s mostly blind and part-deaf. But he must have heard me fretting about whether “we’ve arrived at that time”, because, just hours later, he was running around. One day a decision will have to be made, but not yet.
~And finally, the daily phone call from our younger daughter. She calls after work each day and when the phone rings, I’m delighted, eager to hear how her day went, glad to hear her voice.
Such blessings.
Here’s to life!
Cynthia Reyes 