Happy Mother's Day Mom!

A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.

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Happy Mother’s Day Mom! This is the first Mother’s Day that we’re not together, and it’s not because of COVID-19, it’s because of death. You left this earth last August and the world hasn’t been the same.

I don’t need Mother’s Day to love you. Every day when I wake up, I love you. Every night when I go to sleep, I love you. You’re forever on my mind. In the course of my day there are things that come up that make me think of you – and smile. All my friends loved her. Shirley was young at heart.

My mother was beautiful, smart and funny. Although my father thought he ran the show, but it was Shirley. It’s only if you got to know Shirley and Joe really well, that you could recognize that Shirley was the boss. And Joe just loved her! Shirley was the perfect mother. She was an amazing cook and baker. Before I was 4 years of age, Shirley taught me how to read. She did everything that mothers were supposed to do – only better!

There are going to be many people who are crying today because they can’t see their mothers due to COVID-19. You don’t know how lucky you are! You have your mothers! I’m crying today because my mother is no longer on this earth.

All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my mother.

Abraham Lincoln

Make someone smile today.

Geri

I’m Boring and “Un-Fun”

I would rather die of passion than boredom.

Vincent van Gogh

Unfortunately, during the time of COVID-19, if you live alone, there is no passion. All the things in my life that give me passion, are on hold.

I’ve only got a little work to do, but I’m still looking for a job. I’m a member of the ROM and I’ve got tickets to the ROM Talks, but they’re on hold. The AGO is also on hold. The National Geographic Series at Roy Thomsom Hall is on hold. My live theatre membership is on hold. I have tickets to a Vincent van Gogh exhibit that has been rescheduled. My life is ON HOLD!

My yoga studio - Oxygen Yonge & St. Clair - is on hold. I walk by it every day and practically cry! I’m going to start doing yoga at home. I just ordered a yoga mat from Amazon. Mine is at the studio. I’m getting out and walking between 2 – 4 hours a day, so that I won’t go NUTS!

I’ve become boring and un-fun!!! I miss my friends except for my best friend Sue. We go walking together daily for 2 hours with her very delicious dog, Kyser. My friend Pam, who lives in my building, sometimes goes out walking with me. But, she’s nervous. I miss my Sunday brunches with Judy. Sonya picks out new dinner restaurants for us to try – on hold. I miss Katherine, but she lives in Pickering… but she calls me every morning.

So, I’ve become boring and un-fun! Maybe, one day, the world will re-open and I can live passionately again!

The only thing worse than being bored is being boring.

Chuck Quotes

Make someone smile today.

Geri

One Thing On Everyone’s Mind – Coronavirus Disease or COVID-19

Coronavirus disease or COVID-19, is on everyone’s mind. Let’s face it, how could it not be?

Who’s going to work? If you’re lucky, you’re working from home. If not, what the hell are you doing all day? You probably have the cleanest house in history.

When you wake up, do you take a shower? Are you getting dressed with anything better than sweats? Ladies, do you put on your makeup? I have to tell you the truth. I still get up before around 5am. I get out of bed at 5:30am. I take a shower and get dressed with something more than sweats. And, yes, I put on my makeup.

I do have a little work to do. And for that I’m eternally grateful!

I get out for a 2 hour walk every day. Most days I get out with my best friend Sue and her 10 year old dog, who is now in the best of shape. If the weather is rainy, I get out with my umbrella. I do have a stepper at home, but I really prefer to be out. It's a little bit of normalcy.

I really don’t know how much of our “normal” people, will stay normal. We’re all going to have to TRY!

In the meantime, I’ll continue to wake up at 5am, take a shower, get dressed and put on my makeup. And I pray that I’ll still have work!

Make someone smile today.

Geri