Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Pretty quickly and impulsively I bought a plane ticket and headed to see my friend two states away who had knee surgery seven weeks ago and my daughter and granddaughter one state away.  The visits were reassuring.  My friend is not "all better", but coping well and on the road to full recovery.  We talked endlessly and had brief ventures out into the world, without much strain on her leg.  I hadn't seen her since October, so I'd been missing her, and I was needing to see with my own eyes that she was okay.  She is.  Then I took the train to see my older daughter and granddaughter, and they had wonderful news for me.  My daughter's cancer is in remission.  So we celebrated, and the visit was euphoric and we all had glowing smiles.  We ate out, toasted, shopped, saw a women's soccer game and generally hung out.  Even my plane flight getting canceled couldn't dampen our spirits, and I was able to fly out an hour and a half later than planned.  When I returned home, my husband and I walked the reservoir with our younger son, his wife, our younger daughter and youngest grandson, then went out to dinner with our son and daughter-in-law.  We had a delicious, two and a half hour dinner, and I felt like Mother's Day was wonderful.  Did I tell you my husband bought me five pots of plants and a Native American pottery bowl?  Wow!  I guess he missed me!