Our walks have turned into a place where ALma tends to speak a lot about her life; especially her childhood. Just another reminder that we may not always know what is truth and what she has added to these memories. However, today as we walked down the street and talked about the trees and flowers (her favorite subject) the topic of Easter came up.
Alma shares that when she was 15 the Easter Bunny still came to their home in Detroit. She relayed that her mother would ask the kids what colors they liked and she would dye them accordingly. She said her favorite colors were pink and purple. On Easter morning, her brothers and she would get up and there would be Easter baskets for all of them. She said her mother didn't really like for them to have candy but her dad would go out and get some for the baskets. I asked if they had an Easter egg hunt and she said they did but it was for the boys. Alma smiled brightly as she shared that her mother would hide the eggs and she was her "accomplice".
When we got back from our walk, Alma wanted to watch a movie and I put on one of her many romantic comedies that she loves. She stepped out of the room for a minute and when she came back, there was a wedding scene where everyone was dancing to some old song and she started dancing too. It was really sweet watching her smile and waving her arms. I have rarely had the opportunity to see Alma this free in the 21 years I've known her.
I am so grateful for a good day here.
Joy. Big smile.
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Hope you and yours have a wonderful Easter, Lise. God bless!
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Thanks, you too.
ReplyDeleteWHAT A WONDERFUL WORD PICTURE YOU PAINTED!! I CAN ALMOST SEE ALMA SHARING ABOUT THE EASTER BASKETS AND THEN DANCING TO THE MOVIE SONG. THE GOOD DAYS SOMEHOW WORK TO TEMPER AND BALANCE THE ONES FILLED WITH FRUSTRATION.
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LOVE,
JO
Dear Lise,
ReplyDeleteThese mountain top experiences sustain us for times when we walk in the valleys. I find that we spend some short times on the mountain tops and most of our time is spent in the valleys. In my life,the valleys are filled these days with quiet joy.I pray that these days of beautiful walks with Alma will sustain you on the ordinary and on the very challenging days as well.
When you have these ordinary and challenging days, I hope that you will have a deep and broad sense that you are doing great things for Alma and for your family.
If I've said it once,I'll say it again and again: Jo and I are very very proud of you and we love you extremely,
Dad