A Reading Nightmare

My other half left, again. I don’t mean my spouse, if any of  you were suddenly reaching for your phone. Let’s not get crazy! What I meant to say is, my other personality, no that’s not right either.

Oh, I’m painting a fantastic picture.

What I”m trying to say is that the reader in me has left, again. She does this from time to time, and I hate her for it, as it seems she has no respect for my attachment issues. She waltzes in at the beginning of the summer and starts pulling books off the shelf at the local library. She actually gets there early and finds time to sit on the floor of the new book section with a few rolls of Smarties and starts a running list.

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My ‘No Matter What’ Friends

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Do you have people in your life who enrich it to the point that it begins feeling disingenuous? I have been considering this for some time now. I have been blessed with some of the most encouraging friends and for the life of me I don’t know why. I don’t feel like I have returned their encouragement as well as they have given it out. I often walk away wondering, what I’ve done to deserve their love and acceptance.

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I’m up…I’m down…

A few months ago…

I went to Starbucks this morning, wow it can be loud in there, for a much needed jolt to my day. The woman asks for a name for my cup. I say, Audrey. She smiles, says “pretty”.

I walk down to the end feeling good. Yea, I guess I’ve grown used to my name and yea it’s pretty. The absolutely adorable, young, chic, artsy woman making my coffe says “is yours the extra hot coffee?” I say, yes. She looks at the cup and says…”Audrey, what a classy name.” I say, thank you, because its so loud, and smile. Wow, I do have a great name.

As I’m walking to the car everything is serine, the grackles are chirpping, the smell of Spring in the air, the 70° has no humidity attached to it, and I have a beautiful name. I pause to thank my parents for such a nice name, thank God for a great morning and then look down at my cup…..TRUE STORY PEOPLE!!! Back to where I started…

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