Today EQ received the last of his cards in the mail from me. Cards. Yes, that's right. I wrote him a card a day while we were apart this last time. I believe that was 19 cards in total. Crazy? Definitely. Fun? Absolutely, especially when they didn't arrive in order!
Today, he received the last four cards. One of them was lost from early on in my writings. What fun it was to have it arrive today. The other three were the last, and he read them in order, as they were meant to be received.
And frankly it was a good day for him to have received them, after having a couple of very challenging days under his belt.
The last card I wrote was on the morning I was flying to California. In it, I summarized our relationship milestones and moments that I thought would help us both to remember deeper into those milestones. Key words if you will.
Today's moment was the two of us enjoying a glass of sparkling red wine as we walked through the last 6 months of milestones together. For each noted milestone moment from the card, I asked EQ to share with me some of his fondest memories of those moments. The minutes turned to hours as we both, luxuriously, enjoyed the walk down memory lane.
Moments pausing to reflect on the past.
Moments knowing that the future is bright.
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Moments D299: Euchre!
It’s been a lovely LOVELY weekend already with my Bestie in Haliburton. I’m so very lucky to have her in my life.
We had a beautiful, cold, walk to the Wolf centre. We set up her profile on OkCupid and giggled all the way through the questions. We played Scrabble (and she kicked my butt!) made an amazing fajitas dinner (WITHOUT cheese….gasp!) and then we invited the boys next door to come and play Euchre with us.
I haven’t played Euchre in years. It was such a treat to be able to do so. Not only was an old favourite game dusted off, but we all knew the game well to play well. Lots of laughter and ribbing happened during the games and after nine rounds of games, my partner and I came out on top!
So why Euchre as my moment today? I choose this moment because I believe playing games with someone shows a side of them that you might not know. Are they competitive? Compassionate? Do they teach (their partner)? How do they think? How do they plan moves? For me, it’s all very interesting. And, I find, more so in card games, the banter reveals even more of a person’s personality than just sitting around talking at times. You quickly see if there is a humourous (or serious) side and if it’s subtle or in your face.
I like playing games. And not just because I like to use my brain in different ways, but also to take time to appreciate those I play with and understand how they play their game and how they interact with others playing the game. Tonight, it was about new friends, who quickly became good friends over nine rounds of Euchre.
Moments digging deeper through games.
Moments for new friends & laughter.
We had a beautiful, cold, walk to the Wolf centre. We set up her profile on OkCupid and giggled all the way through the questions. We played Scrabble (and she kicked my butt!) made an amazing fajitas dinner (WITHOUT cheese….gasp!) and then we invited the boys next door to come and play Euchre with us.
I haven’t played Euchre in years. It was such a treat to be able to do so. Not only was an old favourite game dusted off, but we all knew the game well to play well. Lots of laughter and ribbing happened during the games and after nine rounds of games, my partner and I came out on top!
So why Euchre as my moment today? I choose this moment because I believe playing games with someone shows a side of them that you might not know. Are they competitive? Compassionate? Do they teach (their partner)? How do they think? How do they plan moves? For me, it’s all very interesting. And, I find, more so in card games, the banter reveals even more of a person’s personality than just sitting around talking at times. You quickly see if there is a humourous (or serious) side and if it’s subtle or in your face.
I like playing games. And not just because I like to use my brain in different ways, but also to take time to appreciate those I play with and understand how they play their game and how they interact with others playing the game. Tonight, it was about new friends, who quickly became good friends over nine rounds of Euchre.
Moments digging deeper through games.
Moments for new friends & laughter.
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