A FLIGHT TICKET TO PERU!!
After 9 months apart, I can not wait to be with my Max! (and also his family!) I will be leaving Boston at 10:35 a.m. August 2nd and returning at 12:16 p.m. August 22nd. My father-in-law told me we'd be sure to have lots of "cuy" to celebrate my arrival.
So why the "tradition" title? Ha! My life has been far from following any sort of routine, let alone tradition, but this may be the start! I flew Continental Airlines last Sept, and now I have my first frequent flyer mile account with them. A start to a new tradition! Also, now that I will be a middle school World Language Teacher, August may remain the best time to visit relatives in my favorite land of Inca Kola. I hear the world tradition!
On the other hand, if there is one thing I have learned the past few years, it is that life is full of changes. As Rachel Lynde from "Anne of Green Gables" put it, "You're never free from surprise 'till your dead!" There are so many things in life that are out of our control, which I for one, find very frustrating.
BUT, as my boss consoled me on a particularly "down" day, there are certain things in our lives we CAN control, and we need to! Yes, my airline and flight dates were two things I could control, but perhaps there are things even more important in my life to take charge over as well. Things like: my attitude, the words that I say, how often I visit my family, the respect I show to strangers, the encouragement I give to my friends, my use of free time (gotta love those documentaries!), and so many other seemingly inconsequential day-to-day habits. Those mini-traditions can make up a person and even a life!
My previous blog had the words to, "How You Live," by Point of Grace, which gives a list of several simple but special daily traditions to cherish. Another song I was encouraged by this week was, "My Next 30 Years" by Tim McGraw. Tim sings about "turning a page" in his life when he reaches his 30 year milestone. He sings, "Now it's time to focus in on where I go from here," and whether we're 13, 30 or 93, I think it is always a good time to stop and take a look at our lives and the traditions we want to live by.
And while the song is still stuck in your head, feel free to sing along to Fiddler on the Roof's "Tradition", and maybe it will help us both remember to start and keep those traditions in our lives that matter the most.
