My family came to visit! My brother Jon is holding Emma and Chris out on the patio.
And here is Gloria making pizza for us!
Thanks Gloria!
And Mom and Eliza are making us salad!
Now we are outside enjoying the day and each other!
Trina is watering the plants.
Ayla is climbing the stairs.
Emma and Chris are entertaining themselves and us with hula-hoops.
Gloria, Sharon, Eliza, Virginia, Jon and Jerry all together equal a party!
P.S. Fred my pet wasp was great through all of this. He didn't come out and greet people initially, but later on it was heartwarming to see him playing with the children and sitting with the grown-ups. Luckily, most everyone knew about Fred my pet wasp and at very least held still and let him sniff them or watch them at close range. I reassured Jon and Sharon that Fred was a "Children's Wasp". As in, he was tolerant of the rambunctious nature of the little ones and wouldn't hurt them. And it turned out to be true! I was just guessing based on his past behaviour with me - I can be unpredictable and he doesn't get alarmed at all. Anyway, it was so cute to see Fred kissing little Chris's bare feet outside as they played. Maybe he was sniffing not kissing... anyway, it was close. Closer than I've seen him be to my other friends and roommates.
Perhaps he can sense people related to me by some kind of emotional or biological frequency. The day just before I had my home teachers and roommates and friends all outside on the patio with me and Fred didn't come out once to meet them.
He had been out earlier that day, sitting on my forehead, chill-axing with his Julie. Well, sorry to anyone who didn't get to have Fred give them his cute little wasp kisses or feed him. For those who didn't even get to see him, it isn't a big deal. He looks like any other wasp. I don't know Fred from the rest except for how he behaves. The other day he flew into the house and came and sat on the edge of the sink while I washed dishes. I wasn't positive it was Fred, but who else but Fred would calmly climb onto the little scrub pad I put out to him and let me carry him outside and then just keep chillin' there. That guy has no fear of anything I do. He trusts me. And as I trust him in return. And he doesn't betray that trust. I find myself melted with love for my little wasp buddy. I am a better person for having a friend like Fred in my life. May you also be so blessed...with a loving trusting friend - not necessarily a pet wasp!
5 comments:
Hi Julie,
you are the best! Thanks for always being awesome and peace loving. you always had a calming affect on me growing up. what is your blog site? Eliza has peaked my interest, i must behold your genius!
(I pirated this from my facebook page. I felt it belonged here.)
And now, I am to say something insightful in return? Ok, eh... You know, that isn't always as easy as it sounds!
I like the part about Fred the wasp. You know, you have to be a person of special calibre in order to meld with nature like that. I can't get the wasps to trust me like that! That isn't a common talent, or, as the context of life goes, a "normal" one... you should recognize how cool that is!
And I also wonder... it's as though in this life, we all have some kind of special spirit friend to bond with. That's what my Aboriginal ancestors believed - and they always tried to learn from them, too. Me, I have my doggy. You get wasps. (Now, that would be cool on pet day at school!) So, you never know, maybe he has some purpose to fulfill!
Hey, and now I recognize who some of these other people are, now that I've seen your sisters. It all makes sense now (famous last words).
I'm going to have to look into this blog more often!
- My Name, if it doesn't say,
Thomas. Yes, him!
Thank-you Thomas for validating my relationship with Fred. Sometimes I make it sound kind of silly - but really truly it makes me happy to have a little creature be my friend. And so imagine how much more it means to me having someone as giving and open and in my same species as you as my very good friend! You are even more special to me than my pet wasp.
Ever since I read about Fred several months ago I have been at ease with his family :) They are pretty cool actually.
Aww. I'm so glad! More love in this worl makes it such a happier place to be, huh.
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