I had a date yesterday!!!
Well ok it was a date with a 4 year old names Thomas. Hey but it was date or shall I say play date. Thomas is the boy in a set of triplets and for some reason likes me. I have taken him to a couple of Vernon hockey games and for that he never lets his parents forget, every time they drive by or are near the Multiplex Thomas announces that is where 'Jan and I went to hockey!'.
We played for a few hours with various toys as no small child stays at one activity very long. I had lunch with the family and Thomas made sure I sat beside him at the table.....I felt honoured. When it was time to go Thomas took my hand as we left his bedroom (we did clean up the toys) and Thomas said, "Jan I need to give you a hug, give you a kiss and tell you I love you. And the secret handshake."
As I stood at the door ready to go I picked up Thomas and got the biggest bear hug that a 4 year old could give.....the wettest kiss a 4 year old gives and the sweetest words a 4 year old can say....I Love You. Then of course we had our secret handshake!
I walked out their door with the biggest smile on my face with the knowledge that I made a difference in his life and little does Thomas know what a difference he as made in my life!
Thanks Thomas! And I love you!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Milestones
Throughout our lives we have many milestones. Some go so far back that we don't even remember them; the first time we smiled as a baby, first time we rolled over, first tooth, first words and our first steps. I am sure at each of those milestones our parents celebrated in their own way and for most of us it was likely written in our baby book for us to look at many years later. I have a baby book that chronicles those events and it even has a snipit of hair from my first haircut but once those baby years were over that book ended.
Milestones were chronicled differently as a grew older. It was pictures for the first day of school or the new clothes for school. It was report cards sent home to chart my progress or laziness in school. It was the stars on the chores chart that hung on the fridge reminding you of how you need to help out at home. It was graduation pictures showing that you made it through the first part of school, the first 12 years at least and who knows how many more years you would spend in post secondary education.
This week I have a milestone; I will be turning 38. I think I need to celebrate that I am not quite yet 40! But seriously, some where along the passage of time I misplaced the book that would chronicle these milestones. Don't get me wrong, I still have my baby book and graduation pictures but I don't have photos of my wedding or a baby book to tell of my children's milestones. It has really set in this year when I think about my birthday and more importantly my age how much I have missed in life. I have watched my brother and cousins get married; I have watched them have children; I have even watched my friends children grow up and the whole time secretly wishing I had the same.
I am blessed, very blessed to have amazing friends and family who love me. There is still however something missing, there is still a void.
One day I hope to have a medium in where I have chronicled milestones instead of years going by where nothing has changed.
Milestones were chronicled differently as a grew older. It was pictures for the first day of school or the new clothes for school. It was report cards sent home to chart my progress or laziness in school. It was the stars on the chores chart that hung on the fridge reminding you of how you need to help out at home. It was graduation pictures showing that you made it through the first part of school, the first 12 years at least and who knows how many more years you would spend in post secondary education.
This week I have a milestone; I will be turning 38. I think I need to celebrate that I am not quite yet 40! But seriously, some where along the passage of time I misplaced the book that would chronicle these milestones. Don't get me wrong, I still have my baby book and graduation pictures but I don't have photos of my wedding or a baby book to tell of my children's milestones. It has really set in this year when I think about my birthday and more importantly my age how much I have missed in life. I have watched my brother and cousins get married; I have watched them have children; I have even watched my friends children grow up and the whole time secretly wishing I had the same.
I am blessed, very blessed to have amazing friends and family who love me. There is still however something missing, there is still a void.
One day I hope to have a medium in where I have chronicled milestones instead of years going by where nothing has changed.
Monday, February 11, 2008
5 pins with a black stripe and one ball
In 1909 5 pin bowling was born and 99 years later it is still going strong. Every city has bowling leagues that range in various ages from children to seniors. It is a past time of the ages.
Last weekend about 40 of us from APC went bowling. It was great! Of course you have to do the crazy bowling first which is anything from spinning 3 times before you throw the ball to bowling with your eyes closed. I have to add that crazy bowling is slightly dangerous with people who have too much fun with it. At one point we had to bowl through the legs of everyone on our team standing in a row with legs spread apart. As I stood my turn in the row I waited to feel the ball hit my ankles, you could feel it coming, hear it rolling and breathed a sigh as you heard it go past your feet. Nothing like trying to explain a foot injury that was caused by some crazy person bowling through your legs!!
It is such a simple game and yet people take it very seriously in striving for the highest score or some will even see how many gutter balls they can throw.
My grandparents bowl......they have for as long as I can remember. They are getting older now and I hope they have years left of bowling. Something they started when they were younger and maybe now it can help keep them young.
Who would have thought this game would last this many years?
Last weekend about 40 of us from APC went bowling. It was great! Of course you have to do the crazy bowling first which is anything from spinning 3 times before you throw the ball to bowling with your eyes closed. I have to add that crazy bowling is slightly dangerous with people who have too much fun with it. At one point we had to bowl through the legs of everyone on our team standing in a row with legs spread apart. As I stood my turn in the row I waited to feel the ball hit my ankles, you could feel it coming, hear it rolling and breathed a sigh as you heard it go past your feet. Nothing like trying to explain a foot injury that was caused by some crazy person bowling through your legs!!
It is such a simple game and yet people take it very seriously in striving for the highest score or some will even see how many gutter balls they can throw.
My grandparents bowl......they have for as long as I can remember. They are getting older now and I hope they have years left of bowling. Something they started when they were younger and maybe now it can help keep them young.
Who would have thought this game would last this many years?
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