let the people i love know it

I’m going to make

BIG

BEEAUTIFUL

SPECIAL

cards to all my friends telling them truthfully, heartwarmingly and in a very gooey fashion how much they made my year.

to make a couple of phone calls tomorrow. I’m not the biggest fan of phone calls myself, but it seems some consider the gesture a matter of respect. If it makes them happy, who am I to refuse? right? :)

For my dad’s birthday, my mom called me to remind me to call home! I hadn’t forgotten this time… honest! Oh, well… :)

and decided that I’m good at doing this in the natural course of each day. So it doesn’t need to be a thing anymore.

for now. Of course, this is a neverending thing.

My husband is working across the state for the month of October. He is lonely, working 12 hour days, living in a dorm, going through culture shock. This weekend, I packed up the dog and a big bagful of treats and made the 5 hour drive to visit him.

We didn’t actually get to see each other much, as he was working all the time, but I know it meant a lot to him to see his little family.

Letting the people you love know it is good for both the givee and the giver.

is what I gave my beloved Joseph for our wedding anniversary. He enjoys football so. We have been having fun this year learning to play fantasy football. Our team is The Super Stumpies. I named it after our dog.

Last year I gave everyone at work gifts from Lush. All the women loved the gifts. A few of the men did, and some of the men were just baffled. I feel bad for the men who are culturally indoctrinated to fear things that have no other purpose than smelling nice, but I give holiday gifts to express my fondness, and I don’t want to cause them any anxiety, so…I need to come up with an alternative. Maybe some sort of tool – heh!

I have planned a surprise for everyone at work. I decorated colorful chinese takeout style boxes with glitter and pictures, one for each person, and filled the boxes with fun little toys and a few chocolates. I’m going to go in very early today & set out breakfast plus leave a little surprise gift package at each person’s desk. This is to celebrate our Center’s 2nd year of operation, but also to spread a little joy to the people I work with. They are all wonderful people, and I appreciate them very much.

My husband finally left his job. I know this was painful for him. It hurts to finally admit that situations and people we want to change just aren’t going to do so – especially is they keep dangling promises to keep you hooked.

He is going to go off to the woods for a while. I think that supporting him in finding his own way is a good way to let him know how much I love him. Maybe it is the best way.

I’m still working on this, it’s hard for me to reach out and tell so many people “I love you”. Maybe I’m a little bit afraid of the response, maybe it’s procrastination. Life is short, share your love before it’s gone.