What a crazy question for today.
Timely.
Today I flew back from the Upper Peninsula with my friend Becky. It was a great trip.
When I would travel my dad would offer to pick me up from the airport. This was years ago.
He'd offer and often I'd say "that's ok dad, they will pay for my parking" but sometimes I would say ok. My dad couldn't do much for me as a grown adult. He could listen on a hard day. and sometimes he could pick me up from the airport. We had it down to a science. I'd be at the 4 sign. He'd pull up in the third lane, I'd head towards the van, I'd hear the locks unlock, whip the sliding door open, throw my suitcase in, whip it closed, and hop in. "hi Dad!" - "hi Marg". No one calls me Marg - except my dad. and he only called me that when it was just us. If my Aunt was around - he called her Marg and I was Margie. Let's not talk about how crazy it is to have 2 Marjorie's - two Margie's and there was only 3 people - I was Marjorie/Margie - My gram was Marjorie/Marge - & my Aunt is Margaret/Margie.
When I tell people my name - and I correct them. IYKYK. They say "oh short for Margaret" No and I never explained because it just confuses things. Trust me. I know this from experience.
I was missing my dad something fierce today. And my SIL Angie sent me a pic of a memory from today 💜 It was a picture of my dad with my (step) brother Scott. My dad loved them more than words could ever tell.
Today after a really hard day - which was probably compounded by the fact that I was missing my dad I came home and ate dinner and sat in front of the tv to unwind. first time I've done that in a month. won't become a habit, but it was needed. I headed outside to water my plants. some where mad that I left them but my tomato plants greeted me with orange and red tomatoes ready for picking, some that will be ready in a few days.
My dad always encouraged me to get out in the garden when I had hard days and he was right. there is something about being in the garden that is just good for my soul. I'm glad I went out there.
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