Sunday, April 3, 2022

I love this girl




My son and his fiancée spent the day with us yesterday. They came over to help us pack up the kitchen, so that demo can begin this week. Or rather our son was going to help us pack, as his love works on Saturdays and was doing her job remotely from our living room. My boy and his dad went to Home Depot to get boxes and bubble wrap while my heart daughter and I had a lovely time chatting about everything, and when work claimed her attention I watched Single Drunk Female on Hulu, actress Ally Sheedy’s new show that is wonderfully inclusive, not just in terms of race and ethnicity but also in terms of bodies, sexuality, gender identity, life itself. 

Later my son’s fiancée’s best friend came over, her maid of honor, who got married last November herself. The young women were so much fun together, two musical theater kids now working in tech, doing an impromptu rendition of “Satisfied” from the musical Hamilton, all the lyrics and dance movements, I loved it so much and wanted them never to stop. They also caught me up on all the wedding planning, which seems to be proceeding well, though not without its moments of angst. I opined that it seemed so much simpler in my day, without the ubiquitous eye of social media. But was it really? Or was I simply more equal to the challenge of it all than I am now?

Meanwhile in Boston my daughter and her love were taking a few steps toward the future themselves. It was an eventful week for my girl, a big work win on Monday, which was also her birthday, then she and her partner learned they got the apartment in Brooklyn they wanted, for the price they counter offered (people seem to be making rent bids on apartments in New York City these days—what is going on??) in the neighborhood they love. They’ll be moving back to the city at the end of June. Amid the madness of the world, life in microcosm seems to be humming along. 

We still have to clear out the kitchen. The man and I were having so much fun just socializing with the young folks yesterday, and watching the March Madness basketball that we never got around to actual packing. We’ll do it tomorrow, now that needed supplies have been laid in. I can hardly believe that after 21 years of living with poorly installed kitchen cabinets forever coming off their hinges, and me always worrying about a door falling on someone, we’re finally going to have new solid, sturdily installed white Shaker style cabinets, with pot drawers rather than cupboards in which plastic Tupperware containers get lost at the back for eternity. 

Don’t mind me. I’m busy counting my blessings over here. That beautiful stout hearted young woman in the pictures above, she’s one of them for sure. 


13 comments:

  1. Turning a fine shade of green here - pot drawers! Wow. My (E)lder (D)aughter turns 56 tomorrow. She and partner were here for lunch and chocolate cake (which Stayed Moist!!!) this afternoon. What an amazing woman she is - she and partner skinned up onto the roof and took off the winter weather skylight cover and were back down before I had registered that they had started. They had a kitchen reno last year and she too has pot drawers.
    Sighing loudly.
    I should warn you, however, that their reno took longer than expected. I hope yours stays on schedule and we get photos, with drawers, to admire.

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  2. Sweet to see your son’s fiancée at work on one of the new couches. Many blessings in your life. Thank you for sharing them in the way you do.

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  3. So nice to read all these positive stories. Long may it last!

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  4. Oh my goodness! It's going to be so very glorious to have a newly re-done kitchen! The very idea makes me swoon!
    It seems to me that your children have chosen so wisely when it comes to their partners. As my friend Bill Wharton said to me many years ago, "Don't it make your heart rest easy?"

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  5. One of my favorite things about the house we are in now is two big deep drawers in the kitchen for pots and baking dishes, at least that's what I put in them.

    How wonderful to have so many people in your life that you love to spend time with. And hooray for your girl getting the apartment they wanted.

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  6. I love how much is going on with your children and their loves. It is wonderful to have a sense of life in the moment there, full of family and plans and dreams and love.

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  7. Best of luck with the kitchen reno!

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  8. It warms my heart to see families that are close and loving to one another. Congratulations on the new kitchen. You will enjoy it. I look forward to seeing the finished product.

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  9. How exciting to be so close to starting the kitchen reno! I hope it goes smoothly. We had a reno done in the house before this one (many years ago) and it was worth every penny and every inconvenience. We cooked every meal in an electric frying pan while the work was being done :)

    I love how you call your son's fiancee your heart daughter. That is a lovely way to say it. It's so good that your children found such partners to step into the rest of their lives with.

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  10. Family is everything. Your children have chosen their partners well. Soon you'll have everyone in the same state making everything even better. The upcoming wedding is an event to look forward to. Your new kitchen sounds great.

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  11. Congrats on the upcoming renos. I love my pot drawers. It will be worth it when it's done.

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  12. I'm glad it's al going so well and that the whole family will be in the same place soon!

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  13. She's adorable, and is it weird to be waiting with bated breath not only for your kitchen renovation but their wedding?

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