Sunday, May 29, 2011

A Peaceful Memorial Day Weekend

by Erin

While Memorial Day weekend often brags of getting out of town, grilling, being outside; I usually enjoy it for the more peaceful holiday I think it ought to be.  Perhaps this is because Max is always gone for a marathon weekend of bike races, or maybe my all too stressful job is doing a number on my health, but this year I think it is a little different since my Grandpa passed away this fall.  I think I really understand that this holiday exists to remember him and all of our loved ones.  So this weekend, I will continue to rest, recuperate, and think about my loved ones.  Some of them preparing for a big move, while others are worrying and wondering how their youngest daughter will fair in that move (just fine, I'm sure), some are climbing "the snake" along the Mississippi River, others are introducing their new baby to the Second City, still others are patiently awaiting their new baby.  Whatever they are doing, my hope is they are doing it happily and taking time to remember what is really important in their lives.

As I think and remember, I will keep my actions simple, yet keep senses busy. . .

Visual - Perhaps I will create the new Sorbetto tank top, a free downloadable pattern from Collette?  I found this beautiful cotton lawn from The Needle Shop, that I think would be perfect!


Taste - Last night I dined on Irazu with my friends Mike, Meagan, and James.  Mike and Meagan live in Milwaukee so their Irazu fix needed to be satiated. 

Smell - Though the temperature is desirable here in Chicago, the skies are gray.  So I made a trip to Fleur for a little something pretty.


Hear - Grandma and I had our regular Sunday phone call filled with memories past tours of the Springer family at the cemetery in Exeter, her hometown. We discussed the strangeness of gravestones with your own name on them.  We laughed about Ann Shirley and her want of puffed sleeves and the gaudiness of a particular gravestone wreath. 

Touch - Poor Penny has spent the majority of her weekend crying at the door to be let out so she can eat grass or roll around on the steps.  Of course, I have appeased her, but the thunder and rain I hear may keep her inside today.


As I do these activities that are so peaceful and therapeutic for me, like I said earlier, I will be thinking of my loved ones.  But mostly of my Gramps and how much I miss him.  Like how he didn't let me use the cruise control because he wanted to be able to keep a steady speed, or how he said he wouldn't drink diet Our Family cola because he didn't like it, but when we secretly gave it to him he didn't know the difference.  I will think of how we would play badminton or softball in their big back yard (that I probably just mowed).  

Happy Memorial Day, Everyone!

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Sunday, May 29, 2011

A Peaceful Memorial Day Weekend

by Erin

While Memorial Day weekend often brags of getting out of town, grilling, being outside; I usually enjoy it for the more peaceful holiday I think it ought to be.  Perhaps this is because Max is always gone for a marathon weekend of bike races, or maybe my all too stressful job is doing a number on my health, but this year I think it is a little different since my Grandpa passed away this fall.  I think I really understand that this holiday exists to remember him and all of our loved ones.  So this weekend, I will continue to rest, recuperate, and think about my loved ones.  Some of them preparing for a big move, while others are worrying and wondering how their youngest daughter will fair in that move (just fine, I'm sure), some are climbing "the snake" along the Mississippi River, others are introducing their new baby to the Second City, still others are patiently awaiting their new baby.  Whatever they are doing, my hope is they are doing it happily and taking time to remember what is really important in their lives.

As I think and remember, I will keep my actions simple, yet keep senses busy. . .

Visual - Perhaps I will create the new Sorbetto tank top, a free downloadable pattern from Collette?  I found this beautiful cotton lawn from The Needle Shop, that I think would be perfect!


Taste - Last night I dined on Irazu with my friends Mike, Meagan, and James.  Mike and Meagan live in Milwaukee so their Irazu fix needed to be satiated. 

Smell - Though the temperature is desirable here in Chicago, the skies are gray.  So I made a trip to Fleur for a little something pretty.


Hear - Grandma and I had our regular Sunday phone call filled with memories past tours of the Springer family at the cemetery in Exeter, her hometown. We discussed the strangeness of gravestones with your own name on them.  We laughed about Ann Shirley and her want of puffed sleeves and the gaudiness of a particular gravestone wreath. 

Touch - Poor Penny has spent the majority of her weekend crying at the door to be let out so she can eat grass or roll around on the steps.  Of course, I have appeased her, but the thunder and rain I hear may keep her inside today.


As I do these activities that are so peaceful and therapeutic for me, like I said earlier, I will be thinking of my loved ones.  But mostly of my Gramps and how much I miss him.  Like how he didn't let me use the cruise control because he wanted to be able to keep a steady speed, or how he said he wouldn't drink diet Our Family cola because he didn't like it, but when we secretly gave it to him he didn't know the difference.  I will think of how we would play badminton or softball in their big back yard (that I probably just mowed).  

Happy Memorial Day, Everyone!

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