The week isn't over, so I can't say: What brought you joy this week? So, instead, what brought you joy recently?
For us, seeing our son just love, love, love his high school. At his last school, he was mainstreaned in the middle of 7th grade, and the majority of his classmates had been together since Pre-k. He never complained about the work, but it was so hard for him to make friends.
Seeing how hard our son works, and he does so uncomplainingly. He gets home at 3:30, has a snack, relaxes for 30 minutes and then a tutor comes from 4 to 6. Some dinner, an hour of screen time, then time to help with chores, walk the dogs and off to bed. I don't work this hard. And, he does it without a single word of complaint.
Fall! It has been murderously hot here. Going for a simple errand by foot means reaching your destination drenched. I'm thrilled fall is here.
I love Netflix and Roku. Every night, DH and I spend an hour watching a favorite show. It is our time after work, house stuff, having family dinner just to unwind with something suspenseful (Mr. Robot) or fun (Jane the Virgin.)
How about you?
I'm glad to learn of all the other good things in the lives of the members of our Mamapedia community.
To answer one question: We walk the dogs together and do chores together. In his busy life (and in ours) it is our way of spending time together. Some of our best talks are while walking the dogs around the hood or emptying the dishwasher.
One of my friends who has cancer (there are several) just finished her 4th and last round of chemo and is in remission. She may be able to delay or avoid radiation at this point. I'm overjoyed for her and hope my other friends fare as well.
oohhhh....it's been a VERY stressful two weeks for me.
Joy is seeing my dad....however...stress is seeing my dad frail and having to call an ambulance for him to take him to the hospital....joy at getting him to be able to come home. Whew.
He leaves tomorrow at 0545 for home. Still stress for me as he's traveling by himself across the country. Hope his fight crew is as good to him on the way home as they were on the way out.
After seeing almost everything we own sitting waterlogged on the curb, seeing my friends who offered us a place to stay while our house is being gutted, dried, and repaired brings me joy every day. Seeing my family and pets alive and safe brings me joy.
I'm glad you wrote this. I used to be so negative, but I'm slowly changing. My 9 year old, who hated school in the past, comes and goes from school happy this year. He's in 4th grade. Also, no behavior marks since he started. He's joining kickball in the fall. He scored very high in a state test. His grades are excellent.
My daughter is on safety patrol and she seems to like the responsibility. She is invited to a girl's party on Saturday. She will be receiving help for her learning disabilities this year. I am helping my 15 year old son learn to drive and he is doing great. His grades this year are a complete turn around from last year. He loves his classes. Once a timid kid, now he is a social butterfly.
My health is improving everyday. I beat cancer! Yay! My relationship with my husband has completely changed after cancer. He was an awesome caregiver for me last year. He is more patient and kind, and my biggest cheerleader.
With my ebay money, I was able to buy us new dining room chairs. My aunt and uncle bought us a new couch. I made a new friend this year. Life can only get better!
Our young adult son lives and works in Texas (we live in Hawaii) and loves his job as an audio engineer. For the next few weeks he and his team are in Colorado doing some events, music festivals, etc. They stay in hotels and work long, long hours.
My MIL lives about a half hour from where our son is staying. Yesterday he had a couple of hours of downtime and he took an Uber out to MIL's assisted living home. He didn't tell her he was coming, just went to her little apartment/suite thing and surprised her. She was thrilled. (She lives there because she's alone, needs help with meds, has some health issues, but she's still mentally sharp as ever).
It was just time to walk down to the dining hall where all the residents eat all their meals, so our son carefully accompanied his Grandma down to the dining hall. She's 5 feet tall, he's 6'3". All the way to the dining hall people were saying "Betty, who's your handsome guest?" and she proudly told everyone "this is my grandson from Texas!"
So our son ended up sitting at his grandma's assigned lunch table with her 3 regular table-mates. One is a retired teacher who is scientifically inclined and she was really fascinated with our son's audio equipment expertise. The 4 ladies and their "lunch date" were the talk of the dining hall, and everyone stopped by to see who Betty brought to lunch. He said the "old ladies" were pretty cool.
MIL called afterwards and she was just bubbling with joy. It's a pretty lonely life - my husband's brothers and their wives try to visit when they can but with jobs and kids, plus an hour's drive each way, it's not always easy. My MIL just was so thrilled and pleased, and my husband and I are just so happy that our son was kind enough to go see his grandma, when he could have spent that time napping or tending to equipment or hanging with his buddies while awaiting the night's event.
My daughter moved into her dorm room last Friday and she already LOVES college.
I'm working on my art and started weight lifting...its been a month and I am already much stronger and my clothes fit me better.
I visited a friend this weekend that is finally home from the hospital after a heart transplant.
We are all healthy.
My 13 yo daughter is nothing but a pleasure to be around...we are so fortunate!!!
I love my husband more now than when I married him and we will be married for 21 years.
So happy to hear your son is doing well.
Punxsutawney Phil!
We just visited Punxsutawney and saw Phil at the library, and had a nice visit to Gobblers Knob and a great chat with Bob Young (unofficial grounds keeper/tour guide/historian).
My Husband and I had visited before but this was our sons first visit.
A lot of sadness in our area with a child being killed in an accident and a good friend passing. So can't directly answer your question but need to ask why your son walks the dogs and does chores if he's working harder than you? I walk our dog and do the chores when my kids are working hard themselves. They're the children. I'm the adult.
Glad to hear your son is liking school :)
going to hear live music outdoors on weekend with friends and my husband. Truly fun!
That is great news about your son!! He sounds like an impressive kid!! My source of joy was seeing our new puppy chase a ball around the room. On second thoughts, pretty much anything he does makes me smile.
We recently moved to a new town (2hrs away from where we lived before). And my son, who was very against moving, is starting to make friends and going places. That made me the happiest Mom in the world to hear him say that he's now OK with our new area and his new school.
my boys. They have been great this past week as we have been dealing with my MIL who is aging and alone. They have stepped up. My oldest drives on his own and called his grandma and asked her to go get ice cream with him after school. She loved that. I loved that.
floating in the pool on an inner tube and falling asleep to birdsong and sunshine.
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Last week I had the most amazing lunch out with my husband; we will be discussing that meal for quite some time. Earlier this week I have a job that allowed me to work from home with my sick child. It brought me contentment to share my home office with my son and my dog without stressing about my job and being able to focus on getting my son well. I was quite delighted when those two started snoring in unison at one point. I am also equally glad my son is better, back to his usual self and able to return to school. I am a firm believer in noticing and appreciating the little things.
Great news about your son!!
Today I had a ton of joy in my life - and it's only 730am on the east coast! A coworker, who is one of the most amazing people I know, is fighting stage 4 breast cancer. She has been out since the week before Memorial Day spending time with her family and doing testing. This morning, she came in! Seeing her smiling face despite what she is facing brought me more joy than I could have asked for!!
I am happy for your son and joyful about mine's first full week of middle school.
He seems very happy at the school we chose. He has 11 kids from his old school none of them close friends but it sounds like some of them are going to be....he likes his teachers and hasn't complained about the homework.
And my daughter had a "mean girl" moved out of her classroom into another room.
My husband rocked a big presentation. And I am just joyful for my family.
We just returned from our last camping trip of the summer. We were at a beautiful lake and spent hours and hours canoeing. I am especially happy that my kids are big enough to do the hard work now and I can sit back and relax a bit!
We moved to a different state this summer and we were concerned with how our 3 boys would adjust. We were most concerned about our 6th grader. He has anxiety issues and we thought moving and starting middle school would be very difficult. He has absolutely blossomed! He loves his teachers/classes. He walks to and from school with his new-found friends. There is a youth center across from school and he goes for an hour or so after school every day to hang out. He's also out riding his bike all the time. He's like a different kid!
