Beauty in aging?
Monday, April 5, 2010
Josh and I were invited by one of the clients at the Salon to go out to dinner to celebrate her husband Russell's 90th birthday. This particular client is so sweet; she is an older Japanese woman that is the cutest lady you'll ever meet. She invited me and Josh, Krissy, Rob, and Emily (Krissy and Rob's daughter) and Lisa and Larry. She wanted to have dinner at a Japanese restuarant called 'Tsukasa.' It was a really nice restaurant; they cook right there in front of you and show off their talents while doing so. Psst, I learned that playing with your food pays off because both Josh and I caught food in our mouths on our first try!
While sitting there and just watching Russ, I felt kind of sad. He is very lively for his age, tells jokes, smiles . . . and he's 90! He has lived 90 years of life . . . doing things that we do every day. Now, his life is coming to an end and soon he'll be leaving all of that behind. I suppose trading all of this earthly splendor for God is more like an uneven trade times a billion (in His favor!), but there is something about knowing your life is coming to a close. We only have 'X' amount of years to live and the weird that about 'X,' is that we don't know what 'X' is; it could be 2, 23, 31, 100, we just never know. People say it often, but you can't really dwell on the bad things, the inconveniences, or the challenges facing us, but the life that we have now, only focusing on today because tomorrow is never guaranteed. It's a really strange thing to think about. I pray that I either live until I'm in my 90s or until Jesus returns, but I'll never know. Josh said that he looks at aging and death as a beautiful thing . . . I am still in the very, very beginning stages of even accepting that part of life. :-/
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"I'll always love us."
Friday, April 2, 2010
There is something beautiful about the weather "breaking." Something that makes a love feel new and fresh. Josh and I are in love in so many different unexplainable ways, but when warm Spring weather begins to show it's face, there is something that makes our love feel new and magical.
After I got off of work yesterday, Josh and I went to get Culver's for dinner (and man, has it never tasted sooo good!) and drove to the lakefront to go rollerblading. The whole way there, we had the windows down, the music up, and were singing out loud with our fingers linked . . . a magic that made us feel like a new, carefree couple. Because the weather hasn't been nice (at all!), this was kind of our first chance to get back on our rollerblades and it felt so good! The warm breeze off of the lake was wonderful!
After some time skating, we took a seat on a bench and were watching and admiring this cute pregnant woman walking by the pier and talking about how we can't wait until we are in that chapter of our lives. It began getting a little too chilly from the lake, so we headed back to the car. I was kind of sad about leaving, because I didn't want to leave that magic there, on the lake. I know he felt what I was feeling and in order to remind us that that is who we are, no matter what season, he grabbed me by my waist and gently pushed me against the car and kissed me slowly, without words, telling me, "I'll always love us" . . . it felt so new and unreal . . . until a couple of young kids shouted, "Wooo look at that!" Nice. :-]
I can deal with this whole warm weather thing. ;-]
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Skate date, rebate date
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Today marks a lifetime record for me! As ridiculous as this sounds, Josh and I have officially made it 3 months without fast food! This is huge because since I can remember, I've eaten fast food more than once a month; over the past couple of years, it's gotten pretty bad for Josh and me, so we decided for New Years that we need to put our foot down and take control of our cravings (well, kind of! haha).
For the past 3 months, though I've had nightmares about eating the fast food and not making it to the 3 month mark! Haha, I wake up feeling so guilty and like a failure, but no more! If I want it, I can have it. Although, I am afraid that once I eat it, I will have those nightmarish feelings of guilt.
Today, Josh and I were joking about celebrating this milestone with a trip to Culver's (but I don't think I was really kidding!); I think it's a good thing to reward yourself for hard work . . . because believe me, it has been hard. I am just afraid that if we have it once, it will be easier to have it again and I do not ever want to eat as much fast food as we did prior to our resolution. :-]
What could be better than 80 degree weather, a late night rollerblading date (skate date!), and a 3-month-no-fast-food-rebate date (rebate date!). Oh boy, my heart (and my impulses, guilt, control, stomach, etc.) is torn! :-/
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