Bow Ties and Other Ramblings

I saw a young guy waiting for the bus this morning, wearing a bow tie. He was chatting with the fellow next to him who was wearing, well, I don’t know because all I noticed was the green bow tie. It made me smile – not only is he making an environmentally-friendly choice by taking public transportation, he’s doing it in full preppy style. Or, if I want to be cynical about it, perhaps he doesn’t have a car, is still living with his mother and she made him wear the tie. But, I prefer the eco-friendly/preppy guy version.

Many of you have asked how my mom is doing, and I so appreciate it. She’s still in the rehab unit in the hospital, but is expected to come home in about two weeks. She’ll be using a wheelchair when she returns home, because her left leg still has a while to go before it’s fully functional. But, she gets stronger every day. Yesterday I visited her after church and I helped her with some leg exercises. Sunday is her “homework” day, in that she doesn’t have formal physical therapy sessions, so she has to work on exercises they assign to her. I’m very thankful to have her with me. In the last week, two of my friends have lost a father and then a mother. Seeing what they’re going through and how close we were to losing my mom, and now how far she’s come, makes me so grateful.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! We had another fun-filled two days of packing for the big move, which will likely happen in early August. My hairdresser was commenting on how many of life’s “big stressors” I’m enduring right now. Then she said, “Well, at least you’re not pregnant.” Amen to that, sista friend. :)

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