An Invincible Summer - A Woman's Journey

Highlight of the month so far. Zoom meeting with all 4 kids. It was wonderful and natural. Haley (32) showed up a little early.  I would expect that and it makes me smile. She is in the Denver area and only just bearing the summer heat. She was sporting a super cute new haircut and seemed serious but content. We got a look at Baby, her 9 year old cat, sleeping the afternoon away. Haley has always been, and still is,  a mama bear to her siblings. I love that about her. Scott (27) showed up next and right on time, just as expected. He is walking and talking, with a big smile. He walks all over Portland but not for long. He and his partner are headed for a 2 year stint in Norwich (rhymes with porridge) England, where she will study and he will work remotely. I am so excited for them. McKenna (Gigi 24) shows up a little later which is just like her. She's not here at home but at her new mans house. Smiling, she is a little quiet. I text her and ask if she wants to introduce Zack t...

The other day, the Boy Scout and I Zoomed with our good friend Nancy. It was wonderful. We had been missing her tremendously but the retirement community she lives in is wisely on lock down. I’m glad that she is being well taken care of. The first thing she asks, with a look of frustration on her face, is if I like her hair now. Nancy has a gorgeous head of thick, wavy silvery white hair. It’s stunning! We laughed. We talk of family and books, tv and news, her dog Zoloft who is in great need of a grooming, and just enjoy each other’s company fully. I'm amazed at this woman. She has marched to the beat of her own drum. In the 70's, taking her kids out of school, she drove all over Europe in a van for almost a year. She has scuba'd and was an underwater photographer, ran her own businesses, did skydiving, designed more than one home, is well read and will not suffer a fool. And, in her 90's, she Zoomed like it was nobody's business. Friendship can show up...