Today’s act of love presented itself at the Jewish Community Center (JCC), where I drag my tired body nearly every weekday morning to exercise. When I walked in, the van driver was biting into a piece of rocky road fudge, his eyes rolling with ecstasy. Linda, the front desk receptionist laughed, “You should have seen what someone brought me yesterday!” as she took another bite. I presented my membership card to her and she greeted me and smiled; a big chocolate covered tooth smile. I thought, “Hey, people are giving gifts to the receptionist at the JCC! What an incredible way to show LOVE!”
Read moreDay 25: LOVE in conversation (and other daily acts)
My friend, Gloria, left a message on my answering machine last night: “Do you know it has been nine days since we have seen each other?” Indeed, Day 17 of this Advent blog describes my trip to the movies with Gloria. She also told me that it had been a week since she had even been out of her apartment, since the weather had been so darn cold. My first act of LOVE, then, this morning, was to call her and ask if she would like to go out for coffee...
Read moreDay 24: LOVE without freaking out
Today’s post will be very short; I am very tired.
Today, my son, David, had his car towed. He was supposed to have moved it before the plows came, and he didn’t. He called me in the middle of the day.