A Return to Old Joys

Hello ! Submitting to the inner prompt to blog again , it made sense to scroll waaayyy back... to the beginning of this lovely gift blog . Over the course of its 19 year life , those posts covered the good and the bad (the ugly was not shared )of my rather odd life . It memorialized the arrival and passings of dear kitties , precious daily joys , Mom's gradual descent into an unavoidable medical condition that she never deserved and an unexpected , hard-won resilience...clawing back to some semblance of peace and joy over the ensuing years . Along the way , bits of long-lost recipes , forgotted poems , the kindnesses of friends , now gone , and events that helped us through dark times , floated to the surface . Surprising was the greatly diminished response to what might have been an overwhelmingly sad , emotional reaction , especially to Mom's documented end journey... interesting . I still miss her and our daily banter in all the good times and do not regret the 24/7/365 loving care during those not-so-good times . She passed in peace...the warm summer breezes from the window behind , gently washing over her , bringing the wonderful happy sounds of a family picnic at a neighbor's house...not a bad way to go...