Aww, sorry to hear that you can't attend but glad to know that you'll be safe. Also glad for Lainey's invitation to the honors jazz tryout. Do you happen to know if she has a prior interest and background in jazz music or if this will be something new in her experience of music? Either way, it's a great opportunity for her and I wish her the best.
Interesting, I think, how our own happiness tends to derive from that of our children and grandchildren in later life. But the lesson which I think I'm now learning is that I have to find the right balance between that and whatever I may yet accomplish for myself. And, now that I've finally grasped the concept, I have to take ownership of it and then determine what can and should be done in the hours and days still to be mine.
Which is one of the reasons I so appreciate my LJ and Dreamwidth friends: their generous sharing of their time and talent, the daily example of their energy and productivity--at times in less than optimal circumstances--provides the markers I seem to need along my own road if I'm to reclaim and rebuild some semblence of a life for myself.
And actually, buoyed by the inspiration I've found in you and Kim and Mary and others, I feel pretty good about my chances right now. I have the time and the life and now I just have to do the work. And so my thanks and best wishes to all of you...
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Interesting, I think, how our own happiness tends to derive from that of our children and grandchildren in later life. But the lesson which I think I'm now learning is that I have to find the right balance between that and whatever I may yet accomplish for myself. And, now that I've finally grasped the concept, I have to take ownership of it and then determine what can and should be done in the hours and days still to be mine.
Which is one of the reasons I so appreciate my LJ and Dreamwidth friends: their generous sharing of their time and talent, the daily example of their energy and productivity--at times in less than optimal circumstances--provides the markers I seem to need along my own road if I'm to reclaim and rebuild some semblence of a life for myself.
And actually, buoyed by the inspiration I've found in you and Kim and Mary and others, I feel pretty good about my chances right now. I have the time and the life and now I just have to do the work. And so my thanks and best wishes to all of you...