{"id":701,"date":"2023-03-28T20:44:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/?p=701"},"modified":"2023-03-28T20:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T20:44:08","slug":"march-31-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/articulatingyourstrengths.org\/index.php\/2023\/03\/28\/march-31-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"March 31, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This might be classified as the most positive moment of the year.\u00a0 My youngest granddaughter \u201cM\u201d came over to the apt to spend some time last Friday, last day of her spring break.\u00a0 We played cards, she watched a TV show while I did something else, and then we decided to go up the street to Babba Cool for a beverage.\u00a0 \u201cM\u201d ordered a green tea concoction, and I got coffee.\u00a0 We sat in the outdoor space built during the pandemic that looks like a large bus shelter.\u00a0 We chatted and drank our beverages.\u00a0 Then we walked back to the apt.<\/p>\n

While waiting for the light to change at the corner, I put my arm around her shoulder, and she in turn put her arm around my waste.\u00a0 Neither of us spoke.\u00a0 We stood that way until the light changed and then proceeded to walk across the street holding on to one another in the same fashion.\u00a0 I was thinking at the time that I wish I had a picture of us.\u00a0 I also imagined that if anyone caught a glimpse of us, they certainly would think how precious.\u00a0 It was precious, and I don\u2019t need a picture to remember it.<\/p>\n

Pre-pandemic, I spent a lot of time with \u201cM\u201d building various cardboard structures.\u00a0 The pandemic put an end to that, visits and time spent were minimal.\u00a0 She changed in two years as expected, and I accepted that those days were gone.<\/p>\n

I was surprised that holding-on-to-one-another lasted as long as it did.\u00a0 It seemed we made up for the absence of touch during the pandemic.\u00a0 Mostly though, I am elated<\/em> that \u201cM\u201d and I still have a connection. My strength is observing the moment and appreciating<\/strong> its worth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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