What you waitin' for....

 "What you waitin' for?" That's what Ada asked Charlie when 

we were on the phone with him today. She was responding to a

discussion they were having about how she can't wait to pick 

him up from the airport and how we'll all be {pause} happy. We 

all had a good laugh to that initial question (even Eva). That 

good question. 

    We miss our man. Today was the first day we actually had 

real communication with him. Twice! It's been 8 days. That's all

I want to say about that. I don't want to say, "eight out of… ." 

It's just a period of time which has passed sofar. Which we have 

managed to get through, sofar. It was shockng that Charlie, the 

Charlie Watson I know, video Skyped with us for half an hour 

this morning! A true sign that he misses us (of course), for 

impatience with bad video/audio quality seemed to not exist. In 

our future, I see a lot of our imperfections, and frustrations 

with, just go out the door. Why would we ever have time to be

impatient with each other ever again!? I'm going to fight ever 

getting back on the track of 'normalcy!' I want to live in a state 

of Honeymooner love forever after!

    

    Speaking of fighting; Overall, life is just grand with many 

daily adventures to preoccupy my mind. It's wonderful just 

enjoying the small things like a heavenly-made rainbow that 

covered the sky earlier this Sunday day. enjoying a small thing 

like recording video of the girs being silly. Enjoying the honest 

discussons with great friends. Yes, these things are making my 

life a good life. But all together, it's a big fight. It's a fight 

against those underlying emotions that I just cannot help. And I 

can feel that. I am actually aware of this daily, or more like 

hourly, fight. Sadness, Worry, Fear, Lonliness. Living a 'normal' 

life right now is just an effort to cover up those real feelings. if 

that's what I must do, then that's what must be done. Because 

in the middle of it all, I am getting out smiles and laughs, 

optimism and love for my husband, girls, friends and people 

and life in general. 

 Goal: to keep these in mind…

"Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens. "

~ Kahlil Gibran

"The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitudes of mind."

~ William James

"Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become 

your words.

Keep your words positive, because your words become your 

behavior.

Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior become 

your habits.

Keep your habits positive, because your habits become your 

values.

Keep your values positive, because your values become your 

destiny."

~ MAHATMA GANDHI