A Little Encouragment Never Hurt

Fabulous Things From The Past

Winnie The Pooh songs
Story time
Grandma visits
Harvest Moon on a rainy day
Sneaking lucky charms at Manda’s house
Condo adventures – Hawaii, Redwoods, Orcas Island
Snow
Field Trips
Mom-cooked food
Ballet performances
Costumes and make up
Midnight Remington gang walks to the park
4th of July
Massage trains
Sleepovers
Predicting the future
Jumping on the trampoline
Summer camp
Allowance
Innocence
When crying over scraped knees were the worst
Boys had cooties
Mommy and Daddy could fix anything
I knew the answers to the problems
Food was yummy
Snow days and wind days
Dancing at football games
Before dinner couch naps
CSI night with my Daddy



Fabulous Things Now

Freedom
Eating dessert for dinner
Coloring like I’m five
Earning money – however small it is
Just driving
Staying out til 3am
Camping at cabins
Sleepovers…kinda
Thinking about the future – when it doesn’t scare me shitless
Playing house for realsies
Being happy that some boys don’t have cooties
School actually meaning something
iPods
Going dancing
Knowledge gained through tough stuff



Fabulous Things To Look Forward To

Finishing at Westminster
Getting into Pacific’s OT Masters for next fall
Becoming an OT
Working in a pediatric hospital
Marriage to the one boy who has never had cooties
Wee ones – maybe
Peace Corps
Traveling
The beach
Living
Laughing
Loving
Being at peace