Christmas Tea at BSAC

Today we had tea and an open mike at BSAC (Burbank Senior Artists Colony). I sang, read a poem, read a story and there were four or five others who participated. And an audience of about 15.

Now I am beginning my full time grandmotherly role. I'm spending the night tonight (just went home to put my two to bed) because Alwyn and Dan are leaving at 5am tomorrow. I'll get Ruby to school (I hope!) and then home to walk the dog and have my day until I pick her up after school. We'll bounce back and forth like this for a week, and then Alwyn and Dan will be home and Alwyn and I will fly to the Caribbean for a ten-day cruise. Do you think I have a cruise wardrobe? Hah.

Whew.

It's been a hard few weeks, but I woke up this morning and felt it lifted. That life lasted all day, and now I'm ready to write again. I'm learning how to go with the flow, as they say, and not reject the hard spots or try to blunder through them. Acceptance is the key. It really is. And it starts with accepting what is. Knowing what is is another challenge. I think I have been given the tools for that, but often I forget where I put the toolbox.

Whew, I say.

And for tonight, I'll leave it at that. Now I'll go walk Jenny Lind in the LA rain - it's a taste one acquires  from just living here.