One thing we are rarely in short supply of is laughter behind the scenes of filming the Wine Together podcast. Just this week we wanted to film an extra episode to drop on Valentine’s Day and it took Brooke only one moment of laughter from a miscue and she could not get control enough to reintroduce herself and the podcast. I cannot recall what caused the sudden outburst of laughter, but just watching and listening to her caused me to begin laughing and before you know it we are both wondering why we were unable to regain composure. Our life has had negatives, but as I think back… it is the positives which help us muddle through the day-to-day and regain composure when the negatives rear their not-so-nice heads.
As a mother of five, there were very few quiet and calm moments before the kiddos began journeying away from home to wherever life was leading them. In fact, I don’t recall the busyness and the constant constraint on the time and calendar of our lives as anything but beautiful. I hope this is not taken in any way as a sleight, but I am so thankful for my time at home with my children when they were young. (Of ocurse I wish the hiring groups would recognize that time on my resume as a positive, but I cannot control others and how they view me and my choices from my early life.) For me, it was worth it, but now as an older individual seeking work it feels like a mistake… and shame on me for allowing others to affect me in that negative manner.
This post is way off topic from where we started, but that is also how the podcast goes when we are together. I just want to spend time with Brooke chatting and learning from her and her generation. I hope that you will forgive me when I stray from topics as I seek to teach myself and the public about love, care, and respect… which includes self-love, self-care and self-respect.
For now, that is enough…
Tschüss!
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