Day 310: It's been awhile since I've remembered to do a #ThrowbackThursday. This photo serves as a "2-4-1" by being both a great throwback pic from 10 years ago at my sisters wedding, and being a photo that makes me happy by showing two people I dearly love. Today my Happy is all about how no matter how blue I can be, talking to an old, dear Friend can change my whole outlook. It's been a very frustrating week. I started today feeling frustrated, small, and pretty homesick. I've had a few challenges to deal with this week, none of which I can really change or "fix", and all I want to do in the world is curl up in a ball in the Brown Chair at the Timmins House, have a piece of Golden Crust Bakery toast and listen to Grammy P tell stories of the old days in Holtyre. When I felt this way a year ago my simple solution was to pack a bag, fill the tank with gas and head north. There I would find comforting surroundings, familiarity, and I could forget about my own messy world for awhile. Nothing much ever changed there and it was always so lovely to go to that beautiful home just bursting with love and hospitality. There I could drive down familiar roads, visit familiar shops, see familiar faces and remember so many good memories. I'm not meaning to idealize the place or say it's perfect, I absolutely love where I live now...but that beautiful city and surrounding towns are sure pretty fantastic. So now, now that the house is gone and the memories begin to fade, today when I am feeling like I just need a "hit" of old familiarity, who should come online and cheer me up? My Soupy Pie. Friends since we got lost on the cross country skiing "Loppet Loop" when we were 12, this guy gets it, this feeling I have romanticizing the city we both grew up in and call Home. He lives abroad now, we rarely get to see each other "in real life", but the connection remains solid. He cheered me immensely today. Thanks Soupy. #youcantmakeoldfriends #TBT #GrammyP #365happydays
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