Happy Friday! You made it! I am over the moon excited today because The Olympics are finally here! So looking forward to all your treasures this week.
🤳 This poem called “Like Every Selfie” from the Common Hymnal is really sitting with me this week (in a good way).
🪲 Hulu just released a 6 episode series on Paul McCartney and it looks very intriguing! Adding it to my post-Olympics watch list.
🤝 One of our Lil Swipes, Shelby, has a dear friend who lost her husband in a terrible car accident. She is now facing a mountain (around $1,000,000) of medical debt in the midst of grieving the loss of her husband and recovering from the trauma of the accident herself. Here’s the link to her GoFundMe if you’d like to come alongside her and help! And if you’re looking for more ways you can extend a hand right now, check out the We Got You Club.
🏅Part of your Olympics prep today (before the Opening Ceremonies tonight!) is to read this article from Time magazine highlighting 48 athletes you should keep tabs on at the Olympic games. Also, allow yourself to feel all the feels and excitement by watching this video of #TeamUSA journeying to Tokyo. And lastly, for extra credit, don’t forget about the very adorable National Baby Trials.
👪 For the parents out there - this post has some really helpful tips to help explore Bible stories with your kids. Lots of wisdom here that I’m tucking away for later!
The gold medal tweets from this week:
🧘 GOD BLESS U ADRIENNE
completely nerding out over this:
All credit to Lily for this masterpiece!
Alright, guys - that’s it for me! Be safe out there and enjoy the Opening Ceremonies tonight, hopefully accompanied by some Japanese-themed snacks. Let me know what you’re doing to celebrate in the comments!
Favorite things about the opening ceremonies:
- Tiny delegations. I see you, 3 athletes from a country the size of my hometown. Get after it.
- Learning about different alphabets. You only thought L came before S.
- Announcers assuming they have a way more knowledgeable audience than they do. "If you think about Mexico and golf, you think about Gaby Lopez." I'm sure she's incredible but I do not spend much time thinking about either of these things.
- How do the Ralph Lauren uniforms get more preppy every time? I will say that if I was on Team USA, I would be stoked about getting to wear jeans.
- My ever-present yet naive hope that maybe NBC'S coverage will suck less this time.
My mom has been nagging me to go to the doctor about my back after falling down the porch steps right before Memorial Day. What started as "please help me appease my mother" has turned into scheduling an MRI and bone density scans after some semi-conclusive x-rays. No, I have not marshalled the strength to tell her she was right.
I took my dog to work to clean her teeth. The meds I gave her beforehand kept her from trying to murder any other dogs, so that's a plus, but the anesthesia really took it out of her. It's really pretty pitiful. I also had a generally pretty crappy week at work, so here's hoping we'll both wake up in better shape tomorrow.
I'm typing this while watching the opening ceremonies and WHY does anyone think we want or need more "Imagine" in any form?
I'm late to the party but had to say - thank you, Erin for sharing Common Hymnal. That David Gates poem was gorgeous, and I can't wait to deep dive the whole site! His poem on Enneagram Beatitudes also made me almost cry - https://commonhymnal.com/blog/enneagram-beatitudes?rq=enneagram%20
I've been quiet the past two weeks because (turd alert) Real Life Crush and I had "the talk" and he was not ready to move forward. So we aren't seeing each other anymore. And that sucked. And I almost didn't say anything about it here because I'm tired of being sad about it, but I know y'all are people who celebrate alongside others and you grieve alongside others. And while comparatively this feels like a "small" thing to grieve, it is a disappointment. So thanks for being with me through this.
On to some sweet treasures that have made me smile this week:
- This poem personifying and affirming everyday objects: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRjqrxkjb6D/
- Sweet sweet Geoffrey wishing for a glass of beer: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRj_qq6I9u_/
- Pinky Patel reminding me that girls are the shit and we have places to go and things to do: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRMuRNCFGEN/
- Getting to sit at my favorite coffee shop with my big sister and hold my niece Daisy: https://www.instagram.com/p/CRpkGytJBIH/
I love you all and hope you have a lovely weekend full of exactly what you need. ((big hug))