Our garden is blooming.
Today, I shopped at Costco with my daughter wearing my ,la hat, mask, and rainbow Crocs. All of a sudden, a stranger came charging toward me, and I felt a little unsure. My daughter was ready to defend her mom.
It turned out to be a woman who was my client twenty plus years ago. I was managing a homeless shelter for survivors of domestic violence. I worked with her family for two years. When I saw her last, she and her two children were in an apartment, had purchased a used car, she had a good job, and her record had been expunged.
Today, she told my daughter I had changed her life, but I corrected her because she changed her life.
She clearly is in a good place now. I told her how happy I was to know she and her children are safe and well.
It is a small world.
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One of the grandkids stopped by today.
He thinks he was in the right place at the right time because he scored a bunch of mixed berry muffins to take home.
He helped me figure out how to watch Detroit Lions games this season.
I think things were much easier when the television had three channels, and you had to get up to turn it on and off. He knows about these things, though, so I think I am all set now.
We went out to the garden to ooh and awe over the flowers and gazillion bees. He is a joy to hang out with and is one of Summer's favorite humans.
Here are a few pictures of today's dahlia display
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Pink was the garden theme for today.
Roses and dahlias for our Mastodon friends.
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