Just last week, I threw together a posting on the gift of addressing issues while they're active, rather than putting them on pause, then bringing them when it feels safer. Today, am pondering the power of letting things unfold, let them develop organically rather than trying to modify them to what we think would be best. To hand over control & just let whatever will be, be.
My brother is in the hospital. Over the years, our relationship has veered to & from & back again - iffy to dicey to rocky to zip. Praise be, we were at an uncharacteristically good place when Mim slipped from us last July, that we are at a pleasant spot now that he's down at Jefferson Hospital, in the heart of Philadelphia, facing surgery later this week for an enlarged thyroid.
Peter has been clear that he will call us when it is convenient, that he's out a lot for tests & other medical stuff, so we're not to bother trying to connect with him. He has likewise discouraged visits.
But John & I are headed down Jeff' tonight! Sorry, Peter, but we gotta.
I'd held off sending get well wishes until getting a better idea of what's up. Since he's probably going to still be there over the weekend, figured if I shot one off today, he'd still be there when it arrived. BUT then I found the just-right card ~ one I have no memory of buying ~ tucked into the just-right book, that's the just-right size to hold two pictures we expected to give on Valentine's Day. Whitney, around 8 years old; Reynolds at around 5 or 6 on the other. Goosebumps!
Yep, found it in Sisters, which I was using as a writing table. The card is 5" x 5", same as each photo. Spooky wonderful!
So, off we will go - after rush hour. Should be a pleasant ramble along the River Drive, down the Parkway, over to Jeff'. Drop in for a visit, to give him the card. Do NOT do the usual family thing of leaving it for him to find once we've left or asking one of the staff to give after we've gone. Hand it to him, directly! Enjoy the smiles & accept the thanks. Jolly way to organically savor an active blissed-out state!
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