Thursday, July 25, 2013

Almost back to normal

What is normal anyway?   I learned thru all the festivities of recent days, that what I considered to be family normalcy was not other people's idea of normalcy.  I wanted to have a party that featured good music, fun and frivolity.  We did.  Music hit the spot.  Other people had never seen a party like this and they are still commenting.  I went out to dinner last night with Joan Gohn and she said the same thing --"Jane, you grew up in this;  other families never had a musical production at a family party! "  So why do I pretend that we are normal;  I don't even wish for it.

I am going through thank you notes by the package and phone calls until I had to go get a new phone on which I could hear.   I am packing away cards after reading them again and again.   If someone takes the time to go get a card, I want to read it and think about that person.   I may not acknowledge all the cards physically but I do mentally.  And in some cases, spiritually.

But normalcy  --it's not what it is cracked up to be!   Nor is it an aspiration of mine.   Does it lead to happiness.   Maybe.  Is it normal to even be thinking about this?   I don't think so.

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