Poetry Friday: 28 Years

 

28 Years

 

Calendar pages

collected and stored, our

memories, our life.

 

 

Lorie Ann Grover, 2013

 

Reading Viktor Frankl's, Man's Search for Meaning, I was struck by an illustration he offered. Think of your life as a calendar wherein you tear off a page each day. You have the choice to look at the little that is left of the calendar in your hand or you can store each page in a drawer and dwell on those treasured memories. Lovely, yes?

 

Here's to 28 years of marriage memories! 



Living with Lupus: Day 73

Logo from this blog.


At Day 73, I'm able to look back to Day 50 and see progress! It is at a sloth's speed, and I'm still housebound, and I still crash, but I don't stay at the bottom of the hole quite as long. The next day I don't start at such a low position either. That is worth celebrating!

 

So what brings joy to the day? Bath bombs and rubber ducks. Special delivery Green Tea Fraps, Matcha Blast Jambas, oatmeal, and sweet tea. Sweet cards and letters. Laughter with friends and family. Netflixing The Office and Kindling books like Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning and Martin Luther's Bondage of the Will. Warm soup and fresh flowers. These are a few of my favorite things. :~)

 

Here's a smattering of wisdom from my recent readings:

 

"Satisfaction comes from the richness of experiencing life and sharing the inner experience of life with others." Rachel Naomi Remen

 

"He who has a WHY to live for can bear with almost any HOW." Nietzsche

 

"There is only one thing that I dread, not to be worthy of my sufferings." Dostoevski

 

"Suffering ceases to be suffering the moment it finds meaning." Viktor Frankl

 

"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him." John Piper

 

Onward!