Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We put away the Christmas decorations today, and I lugged all the toys in the living room upstairs to the guest bedroom. It is satisfying to tackle these kinds of tasks, and I also took a two mile walk with my friend in the rain. Umbrella rain. We stopped at a coffee place we like and had capucchinos. I didn't care that my hair was wet, since it's not been trimmed in a year and I look like a witch, the rain tamed it a bit. I didn't care that my glasses were wet. I felt like a kid with boots and the urge to splash in puddles and so did my friend. And when I returned, my granddaughter called and we talked for a while about Wonder Woman and other important subjects, then she had to go for a group zoom school thing. She seldom calls, so I was very pleased. She and her dad joked about the outgoing President, and that is always entertaining. Her dad is terrific with her, and he's planting a rose bush this week and thinking about pruning some of their plants. Where they live all plants grow in happy profusion, with all the rain they receive. It was comforting to my heart to speak with them. And yesterday I received a lovely text from my foster granddaughter, who said she missed me and when I said I loved her she replied "love you more". I'm a very lucky lady.