PRISMS AND POLKA DOTS

Yesterday's visit from my two nieces helped my heart heal from years of separation from one of them.  Sometimes it takes decades for life to play itself out, and, trust me, those decades can feel like centuries.  The answer to it all is perseverance.  And, yes, good wins over that which presents itself to us as evil.  

When the girls were here, I passed on to them my beloved little rocker.....my childhood throne.  My intention is to give it to who I want to have it, rather than someone else who I wouldn't want to have.  Does that make sense?   Before giving it to them, I asked that they take a picture of me with my rocker.  I want to share that photo here.

I must've been three years old when my Momma painted the chair white and applied nursery rhyme decals.  The rocker was old when she painted it, so its age has to be over 100 years old.  The left arm is loose, but I'll leave the repairing to the new owners.  Giving away what little is left of one's childhood rips at the heart.  My saving grace is having two nieces, who are like my daughters, to pass it on to.  If nothing else, they know how much I love them and how much they mean to me.  Maybe that's the part of giving that's sometimes overlooked.  We don't give our stuff away to those who don't live in our hearts.  

Today we have a plan.  We're going to go to another city for Chinese lunch and then on to our favorite furniture store to look for recliners to replace our couch and my beloved retirement recliner.  It's part of the seven-year spring spiff-up.  

There's a winter storm in tomorrow's forecast, so we figure today is best to be on the road for a day trip.  Yesterday I finished cleaning and re-organizing my roll-top desk.  Tossed outdated paperwork and things that no longer matter.  Now I know in which drawer or which compartment individual items can be found.  Taoism needs balance in life, so that's what I'm trying to do.  If things are in order, life feels better than when things are out of order.  Nothing drives me crazier than when we can't find something.  When two people live together all their lives, once in a while it does happen where one puts something where the other wouldn't dream of putting it.  Covid's stay-at-home restrictions helped me become lax in keeping things up.  Now, it's time to get back on track.

Clouds have covered over the sun, actually looks quite gloomy right now.  My Christmas Cactus got a trim yesterday and a good dose of onion skin tea.  Five new buds can be seen from where I'm sitting.  Guess it has decided to bloom for Easter, in addition to Christmas.  I have three baby cacti growing by simply putting three separate sections in the ground.  That's how easy it is to start new plants.  

If I'm going out for Chinese lunch, I'd best get myself put together.  We go out so seldom anymore, that this is going to be lotsa fun.  We love our trolleys, cuz never know what we'll find along the way.