HEART FILLED WITH LOVE MIND FILLED WITH HOPE

 Yesterday, I was feeling lonely, which makes sense since we've been quarantining in our house for two years ( excepting for three weeks when we'd ventured onto restaurant patios before omicron surged, causing us to feel need to quarantine seriously, again.  Sigh)

Thank goodness for sports, streaming constantly on our TV.  As long as there’s a ball in the air, Will is happy, and now, so am I.

In order to combat loneliness, we've begun to enjoy patio visits, wearing masks, again, though that's still beyond my comfort zone with Covid still surging.

Yesterday, while I was mentioning loneliness to Will, our phone rang, and it was Steven, saying he and Ravi were coming over at about 4:30.  (Hooray!) They were inside with us (masked) till 9:30.

I was able to enjoy Ravi for that extended period of time without exhausting myself, because she was so happy to play with her ‘inside toys’ as to create imaginative stories with her little forest and jungle animal figurines, literally, for hours while I, lying on the floor bolstered with pillows (or on my bed), followed her instructions.  (She wants to be a veterinarian/Zoo keeper.)  Eventually, we joined Will and Steven in the living room where our son and granddaughter, engaging in a 'tickling fest', offering we four lots of laughter.

Having Steven and Ravi with us for hours filled my heart with gladness.  In fact, I must have been running on pure adrenalin.

We’re expecting dear friends to arrive, momentarily, for a patio visit, and with David driving in on Tuesday through Saturday, and then, my sister, Lauren and Mickey flying in for my niece, Jessica's birthday on the 17th, you can see why my loneliness evaporated, overnight.  And with love filling my heart while hope fills my mind, I believe my comfort zone concerning time spent with loved ones will expand, especially as my energy level continues to increase, over time. 

As to naming my newly unrepressed fear for you, I believe words will soon be naturally released, now that my spirit is smiling (rather than grumbling).

🙋🏻‍♀️Annie