We All Need Warm and Fuzzy!

For the longest time, I was pondering whether it would be professional to write about the recent events, but as I am a real person, and it did hit me, just like everyone else, I will acknowledge the events in Las Vegas as I cannot just ignore them.

This week I get hit hard by Monday morning realizing something horrifying must have taken place in Las Vegas as social media is filled with tears. I open the news in my browser and just like every single time before, and most likely after this, my initial feelings are sadness and disbelief. I don’t really have the words when I’m trying to post on social media. I’m just as speechless as I’ve been every time. I haven’t been to Vegas in 22 years, and have really no connection to this city, but it really doesn’t matter, I still hits home hard. I was at a concert just a week ago, my first one in almost eight years, and I have to admit, I was having some concerns before that night. Concerns, I was trying to shove away just like all these people had probably done. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this whether they were there themselves or had friends or loved ones there. I feel deep sadness and helplessness for everyone involved, whether it is in Las Vegas, Florida, Paris, Finland… I am so very sorry you are going through this and I wish you weren’t. My life will go on, yours may never be the same again.

But, welcome to October, however sad and shocking the beginning of the month is.

Have you dusted off your skeletons and ghouls yet? Do you have pumpkins lined up on your porch? I have the pumpkins, but I still need to dig out Tony and his skeleton dog Spooky out their storage in the garage. My kids don’t do scary, the boys’ will not even do the Halloween aisle at Target or Home Depot, so we skip the scary and go with fun instead.

I got to view some super cute homes this weekend with my clients, and I have to say one of those homes truly had the most wonderful kitchen I have ever seen. It wasn’t fancy, not at all, actually it needed some updating and at least the countertops needed to be redone as some of the old laminate has already chipped, and it did also have an interesting sky-blue hue to it. But yet, it was absolutely lovely. The kitchen itself wasn’t big, it was a pretty standard smaller kitchen far from the fashionable chef’s gourmet with that 6 to 8 burner range, instead it had a regular stainless-steel stove with vinyl flooring, but the kitchen was open to the dining area, separated only by an island that would have been perfect for food prep and baking, and the dining area could have easily fit a 16-person dining table. With two sets of French doors opening to the yard, it was just absolutely charming, and I could envision it being the heart of that home with both family and friends gathering in there, warm, fuzzy, and filled with love and laughter. I think we all need some warm and fuzzy right now.

So, today I try and steer my thoughts away from violence, toward love and families, those big kitchens that can easily fit everyone. I hug my children, hubs and friends a bit tighter than usually, and for a moment, I remember how very important they all are.