Christmas Party Deux

I was invited to another Christmas party, this time from a lovely woman I know. I deliberated over going , and decided that since it was just me alone, if it was awful I could escape rather quickly.

I had an errand to do first, so I left a little early.

The Lady I was meeting is a fascinating soul, and when you can get her to tell you her story, you will be enthralled for hours. I am never sure how some conversations start, but it always seems that the one you need to have,  evolve.

Have you ever had the same kind of person repeatedly appear in your life? Someone whose issues or problems are always the same sort? We were discussing how you draw these people to you. That they manifest themselves in your life because of some lesson that you haven’t learned yet, something she said ” you haven’t dealt with yet.” Considering the mood I have been in lately I turned that comment over , what if they are here because you have learned it, and have something to share? Something that will make a difference in their life? ( do you see what wonderful kernels of wisdom I picked up here in my blogosphere?) So then we laughed , of course, then you run into the whole which is it?

I need to share?

Or I need to learn?

Or of course my ever favorite………………Both. LOL

So when I left , I was pretty ‘up’ and in a good and introspective mood.

The party was in full swing by the time I got there. ( Did I mention I am always late? ~Grin~)

I wandered around not knowing anyone, when the hostess came up to me with another woman. ” Sorrow, you said you were interested in doing Yoga again, since you have moved here, Lynn is a Yoga instructor. ..” and she smiled and moved off to do her Hostess duties.

It turns out that yes, Lynn is an instructor, but not one for adults. We had a fantastic conversation , turns out that Lynn works with Autistic kids. She uses yoga in some of the most incredible ways. There are positions in Yoga ( and those of you that know which ones, please feel free to tell me) that release serotonin into the blood stream that helps to calm her kids. She was explaining that they teach these methods to help these kids decompress from over stimulation, and she has a 5th grader who has learned how to self-calm himself. Now how incredible is this? I have emailed a friend I have whose son has autism and told her to be on the look out for an email from Lynn with some books and other recommendations.

The next encounter was when a 2 year old  came screeching up to me and climbed me like a pole. Seems someone let the dog in and junior here was terrified of dogs. So we coaxed Fido out of the house and I had a best friend for life. We found Mum coming out of the ladies room. Seems it was Dads job to keep an eye on the fireball , but some sporting event on the big screen had held him captive. If you have had a kid, or been surrounded by pregnant women, you know what they look like. They have this , okay I am going to be corny here ,  “glow” about them. So I smiled and said ” when are you do?” she was shocked that I knew, seems she is 6 weeks along and in the throws of all that lovely morning (noon and night) sickness. Again, not sure how the conversation got there, but she and her sports addict spouse run a sustainable family farm and sell free ranging chickens and a host of other organic things during the season. How exciting! I have a place to go get free range eggs, hens and produce next summer! And a lovely soul who is considering a home birth!

The last one, which was a riot, came just as I was leaving. A very proper appearing woman came up to me and said ” Sorrow?”

I of course replied ” yes?”

“Do you do pottery?” she inquired.

” Yes, I do.”

“I have to tell you I bought a piece of your pottery at a local gift shop. I had to have it! It was the most lovely carved bowl I have ever seen, and the verse in it was enchanting!” she just went on and on. Needless to say my ego was the size of a mountain and I had a hard time fitting my head in the car. But how nice! How absolutely fabulous that my second Christmas party was so Joyfully pleasant!

….Of course you could say I brought these folks to me because I needed to have my faith in humanity re-affirmed…

~Chortle~

And while I have you chuckling, seems some one else who loves me, bought me a lovely Birthday Gift.

I thought I would share…

Meet Dexter, another puppy. I must have a sign on my back that says ” Needs mouths to feed, has to much love to give, Please give her a Puppy!”

I only hope that company can put up with the smell, cause house training is not going so well…