A Summer of firsts

Once again depression is in the news and in the air. The death of Robin Williams was a tragic loss for his family, for Hollywood and for the entire world in general. He was a brilliant man in so many ways. He is forever immortalized on film and for many of us that were fans this will ease the pain a little. For his family this may be a comfort, but it won't bring him back. It won't ever make their world whole again. That is not the point of this post. I just wanted to acknowledge the tragic loss of a comic genius and say that I hope his family is allowed to mourn their loss in privacy and that those who were close minded enough to bully the daughter of Robin Williams get a visit from Karma in the near future.

The point of this post was to be that the past few weeks in my world have been fabulous on a personal level. First of all my husband's family had a centennial celebration for the family farm. I was kind of dreading it because I don't do well in crowds of people even if I know them, and because I have developed an allergy to the sun and it was an outdoor event. It turned out to be one of the best weekends of the summer!! I met some family that I had heard about but never met. They were SO much fun!! We spent a lot of time with them and as I got to know them I felt the love and acceptance of them and had a blast!!

Then a couple of weeks later we went to a family reunion for my stepfathers family. Again I was nervous and expected to feel awkward and out of place as I so often do. Once again I was proved wrong. Who knew one person could be wrong so many times in one summer haha! Also for the first time that weekend I hauled my fat ass up on to the back of a horse! It took a lot of work and I finally realize how bad my upper body strength is so thank goodness I joined the gym with my bff lol!! After I got off the horse one of my nieces came running over and told me that everyone was laughing at me while I was attempting to get on the horse which cracked me up and she looked at me funny when I explained to her that I was laughing at me too but at least I did it. I think she thought her auntie was coo coo bananas but that's ok! I would rather be that then someone who takes life seriously all the time. Anyhow along with getting on a horse I also went with various family members on wagon rides over the weekend. All in all a great few weeks and a summer that I won't soon forget!!!