Right Here
Dr. Deb came and sat down beside me. I showed her the email.
“I won’t be able to put together something in time,” I said.
“Where is the conference?” she asked.
“Upstate New York in the fall. Would have been beautiful. I
could have asked to speak on a Friday. We could have made a weekend out of it.”
“Remember way back when we’d get a bucket of chicken and
have a rainy-day picnic on the basement floor?” she asked.
I got her point. When the weather was lousy and we were
broke, we hadn’t needed to go anywhere. We
found joy right where we were.
I thought how addictive thinking wasn’t limited to addicted
people. Human nature sent us scurrying for the next big thing, overlooking the
little joys close at hand.
“Circle the date,” I said, pointing to the date of
conference on my laptop. “I’m buying you a bucket of chicken and maybe even an
extra side dish.”
She laughed. “Eat two thirds of the dessert this time and see
what happens to you…”
Today I won’t overlook the little joys right where I am.
Fawlty Showers 2
is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you
might know is purely coincidental.
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