Remarkables…
I just got home from my trip to Chicago.
The reason I went?
And he is just as remarkable as I had imagined.
That’s Matt freezing his ass off before we went to the top of the Hancock… and here’s me freezing my ass off , happy as can be just because I’m standing in front of a big happy tree.
There’s also something about this city that is beyond magical.
We only had one afternoon and evening to spend together but we also managed to meet up with this amazing single mom blogger (who I couldn’t snap a picture of because my camera’s battery died. URGH.)
Side note: If you live in Chicago keep your eye out for January 13th’s edition of the Red Eye, they interviewed me for an article on being a dating single mom. I’ll need someone to scoop up a copy for me…
I would write more but I’m going over to Mia’s house.
We’re going to watch Sex and the City (a momentary band aid for any woman who’s suddenly found herself single) and we’ll probably down an entire bottle of wine. Your comments to Mia’s “Letter to the Other Woman” have helped her tremendously. The letter has also been making it’s way across the internet — being posted as far away as Manila (I apparently have readers there - astonishingly beautiful readers by the way). I would link to them but it’s a password protected site.
Then tomorrow it’s off to pick up my little man… who is having the time of his life at Grandma’s - where today he spotted wild turkeys all on his own. How does a 2-year-old spot wild turkeys you ask? He sneaks off up the drive way - finds them hiding behind his uncle’s truck and then runs down the hill shouting in pure excitement to tell his Grandma. Amazing.
Life is pretty fucking remarkable if you think about it, despite all of the pain it throws at us.
Without the pain we would not be able to feel the joy. And if you hadn’t guessed by how excited I sound, this trip was just what I needed to snap myself out of my little New Year’s funk.
And to all of you lurkers who came out of the closet I’ve read every one of your comments… just amazed out how remarkable each and every one of you are - and I’m so incredibly flattered that you’re here.
To 2009 and to single parents… may this year bring us the strength to not just go on, but to make all of our dreams a reality.
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