The great news is that wifey's returning to the world of the living. Last week her therapist said she's 85% healed, and, by my estimation, that makes her about 89.3% healed by today. Whatever the numbers, we went out to dinner tonight with some neighbor friends, and it was lovely.
The husband is an eminently succesful eminent domain lawyer. Ha. He's a tall handsome Irish-American from Maine, and a former basketball star in his hometown. The wife is a Miami girl and as beautiful inside as she is outside. Talk about blessed: they have 2 boys and 3 girls, all delightful kids and well accomplished. The oldest son paid his way through an Ivy League law school education by international clothes modeling, to give some idea. One daughter is a professional ballet dancer, another a newscaster, and the youngest girl a 4.0 UF pre med Laura Dern look alike who wants to become a pediatrician. Or maybe an endocrinologist, after volunteering this summer at a camp for diabetic kids. The youngest son is a tall, handsome, and charming high school junior who plays in a band, runs cross country, and is going to be best man at his 10 year older brother's upcoming wedding. Do you get the idea this family is a group of winners?
Anyway, we just had delightful laughter and conversation. They're exhibit A in support of one of the things I've come to learn: surround yourself with happy, uplifting winning people, and they elevate you. Try to "rescue" the sad and depressed, and they pull you down.
Life throws us so much misery and trial. When I have the opportunity to socialize, it's going to be only with folks like those we saw tonight .
I want to kvell at their blessings, not lament their failures.
I guess I do gain wisdom with the passing years...
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you haven't written in three days! i dont know what to do with myself.
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