This is my sweet
old grumpy
hubby.

We tell
him he reminds
us of Eeyore and
Grumpy of the
Seven dwarfs!!!

He was playing with Caleb last night and tried to get a couple of decent pictures. I got one whole picture because they were playing and moving so much. I took 15 and got one. Hey, at least I got one good picture. I count myself lucky.

He may be grumpy at times, drive me crazy at others, but there is a sweetness in side when he lets it out that is worth it. He also loves a good joke and a good laugh and I have given him plenty of opportunties..... I think the words he fears the most are......Honey, I have been thinking and I have an idea.....that means to him, oh my gosh she has come up with another project, someone help me please!!!!!!

Yes, I can make fun of myself because that is so true. Sitting and thinking and mulling things over for me brings with it ideas and ways to make my home and yard more ours. In the end, he enjoys the benefits of more creative spaces but the work, now there is a dirty word at times. Not just for him but for me too, because it takes the two of us and lots of elbow grease to get somewhere sometimes.
Thankfully he has been in the trades for a long time before he had the accident on the job that changed our lives forever. His advice for others, don't try flying off ladders because eventually you have to land. And land he did. For him to even be alive after all that happened 18 years ago is miraculous. Now I didn't say the journey was easy, nope, it has been downright hard for both of us. When your mate has a head injury of any kind, your life changes, how you handle circumstances changes, what they can or can't do changes, how you respond to it all changes as well. It can be a roller coaster ride at times. It means I appreciate the calm moments all the more. Being grateful helps as well, because grate fullness tends to change our perspective on how we will look at life.

Here was my musing from yesterday morning. My shoulders and collar bone have been in a great deal of pain. Happens with FM. But I realized that I was holding my shoulders up, they were not in a relaxed position at all. No wonder they hurt, but here is more to the point, why was I doing that? What burdens was I carrying that I didn't need to be, why was I worrying, what cares had I taken on that I didn't need to? I was worrying about all the projects that needed to be done, how was I going to do them when my body was giving me fits, now that may sound silly but it is what goes on with me. So standing in the shower going I am letting it go,I AM letting it go. You see sometimes I just have to talk to myself to get it through my thick head at times......lol My shoulders were more relaxed and I enjoyed my day more.
How often do you or I need to let things go that we are hanging on too. I know I surely do that to often. So here is to us letting go and giving our shoulders a break.....
cs