My company has a 9/80 work schedule, which means I have every other
Friday off. That benefit may be my favorite thing about my job. There
are some Fridays where I'm out the door early, getting things done. Then
there are Fridays like today, when there's an overcast sky, that I'm so
grateful that I can just stay inside on my couch, clearing off my DVR.
After all, I still have Saturday to be productive, to do that laundry and clean the house. Today is just for me.
Lisa-Jo Baker (lisajobaker.com) hosts a weekly event on her blog called "Five Minute Friday". The rules are 1. Write for 5 minutes flat – no editing, no over thinking, no backtracking. 2. Link back here and invite others to join in. 3. And then absolutely, no ifs, ands or buts about it, you need to visit the person who linked up before you & encourage them in their comments. Seriously. That is, like, the rule. And the fun. And the heart of this community.. So here's my first try at this. Today's topic was Roots. Roots – I think about my grandparents who lived on a farm until my grandfather’s diabetes worsened and they moved to a town with a hospital nearby. My father still says he wished he could have kept that farm. I think of my grandmother who was a widow for 20 years. Every year she would stand over my PaPa’s grave, wishing she was with him. I think of my parents, a product of those grandparents, how hard my father worked to put 2 girls through...
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