![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Mother's Day stuff
May. 9th, 2005 12:41 amFirst off, Happy Mother's Day!
Today I visited the gravesite where my parents are buried... as I think I chronicled in my LJ, my mom passed away last November... my dad had passed away the year before. Seeing the gravesite made me think about how I miss my parents, but I believe I will at least see my mom again someday, even if she never comes back to me.
I was also in the middle of this entry when I got a phone call from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
technocollie to join his family for a Mother's Day dinner. We also ended up installing a sound system in his mom's bedroom, something that at first glance appeared to be overkill for a room that size. I think in retrospect, though, the HDTV and its accompanying sound system would have been good if the room was being used only as a TV room... like a den. But in a bedroom, where you've got dressers, clothes, laundry, computers.... it can and would get pretty cramped.
The whole day (and evening) left me with quite a bit of stuff on my mind:
About parents... they sacrifice a lot for us, and even though sometimes they can drive us up the wall, they usually mean the best. I'm not talking about extremely dysfunctional families, or those where there was no real love present... but a more traditional family, where parents would do things for their kids out of love, not out of spite or jealousy. I believe my parents instilled in me a good foundation to live by, one that is now strengthened by the spiritual/religious track I have chosen.
About friends... good friends are hard to come by, and I value and treasure them. I enjoy their company, but I would probably say that the biggest reason I keep the friends I have is because I love them... not love as in terms of romance, but rather love that is patient and kind and never gives up. I would be lying if I said I never got into arguments with my friends -- some of them doozies, too -- but I don't think I've ever permanently cut ties with anyone. Most of my friends are on/through the 'net, which could be scary.... but at the same time I can also trust them. For all these reasons, I believe that I'm quite blessed to have the friends I do.
I'm gonna close for now since I need to take care of one other item before going to sleep.... but I'll post more later.
On a good news note, it looks like I'm getting over my cold. I still feel somewhat congested, with a runny nose, but my raw, sore throat that plagued me the past few days is gone.
Today I visited the gravesite where my parents are buried... as I think I chronicled in my LJ, my mom passed away last November... my dad had passed away the year before. Seeing the gravesite made me think about how I miss my parents, but I believe I will at least see my mom again someday, even if she never comes back to me.
I was also in the middle of this entry when I got a phone call from
technocollie to join his family for a Mother's Day dinner. We also ended up installing a sound system in his mom's bedroom, something that at first glance appeared to be overkill for a room that size. I think in retrospect, though, the HDTV and its accompanying sound system would have been good if the room was being used only as a TV room... like a den. But in a bedroom, where you've got dressers, clothes, laundry, computers.... it can and would get pretty cramped.The whole day (and evening) left me with quite a bit of stuff on my mind:
About parents... they sacrifice a lot for us, and even though sometimes they can drive us up the wall, they usually mean the best. I'm not talking about extremely dysfunctional families, or those where there was no real love present... but a more traditional family, where parents would do things for their kids out of love, not out of spite or jealousy. I believe my parents instilled in me a good foundation to live by, one that is now strengthened by the spiritual/religious track I have chosen.
About friends... good friends are hard to come by, and I value and treasure them. I enjoy their company, but I would probably say that the biggest reason I keep the friends I have is because I love them... not love as in terms of romance, but rather love that is patient and kind and never gives up. I would be lying if I said I never got into arguments with my friends -- some of them doozies, too -- but I don't think I've ever permanently cut ties with anyone. Most of my friends are on/through the 'net, which could be scary.... but at the same time I can also trust them. For all these reasons, I believe that I'm quite blessed to have the friends I do.
I'm gonna close for now since I need to take care of one other item before going to sleep.... but I'll post more later.
On a good news note, it looks like I'm getting over my cold. I still feel somewhat congested, with a runny nose, but my raw, sore throat that plagued me the past few days is gone.
