As June winds down to a close, it’s time to pause and consider the blessings of the past week with Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story.
1. Model rocket adventures. When our boys were younger, they had fun putting together and launching model rockets. My husband found one of our old rockets from those days and supplemented it with some new items from Hobby Lobby. We invited Jason, Mittu, and Timothy to meet at a park to launch them, and Mittu made us a picnic lunch. Unfortunately, though, she wasn’t feeling well and ended up not coming.
We had a great time, and Timothy was impressed and excited. 🙂 I wish I could put a video here of his reaction.
2. Bad news/good news. My youngest son, Jesse, works for a company that does out-service tech support for various other companies. They’re divided up into different service desks for each company. He got word this week that the service desk he has worked in for years will be closing. The good news is, his company thinks they they have places on other service desks for all the employees.
3. A benign test result. Jim had a biopsy this week and got good results back. It was expected that the results would be benign, but it’s great to get that confirmation.
4. Good feedback. It was my turn to present a chapter for our critique group, and the feedback was so encouraging and helpful. If you’re thinking of writing for publication, I can’t recommend a critique group highly enough. It helps to know where you’re on the right track and where you need more clarity, or to have a perfect suggestion for wording or arrangement.
5. Fifteen minutes extra. Our critique group has added fifteen minutes extra to our meeting time for whoever can stay, just for some open discussion time. Sometimes someone will have a specific question about their own work or a general question about writing or publishing. Not only has this time been helpful, but it’s been fun to get to know the ladies more.
And that’s a wrap. How was your week?
Stray Thoughts 
I love the photo of your husband and Timothy! Yay for good test results, and for good stuff with the writing group 🙂
For 30 years I shot rockets every spring with earth science students. It is so much fun!! (at least the first few times you do it.) 🙂 The best year was when we had Chinese exchange students with us for a week. They had never built rockets before. Even their sponsors were excited!! 🙂 –Ann
Kids and rockets! Great combo. Our grandson was involved in making rockets at school a few years ago. They launched them at the university site here and were sponsored by teachers from the uni. He loved it!
Good news on Jim’s test!
Hoping all goes well with your son’s work transitions.
Looks like the rocket session was fun. I hope Jesse does get redeployed by his company. Always good to get clear test results. Have a great weekend.
I can’t believe how big Timothy is getting! I’m sure he did have fun with the rocket launch. Good times. 🙂 Glad Jim’s biopsy was negative. Sometimes I won’t be nervous about a medical issue until they do a test, then I consider the possibilities. lol. I enjoyed the extra 15 minutes too with the group. I honestly had forgotten about it until it came time for it; I’m glad I was able to stay after our good discussion about your chapter last week!
How fun that you could be launching the career of a rocket scientist! Every time I see Timothy, I think how much he’s grown since the last photo.
Oh, that’s good news for Jesse. Changes at work can be nerve rattling. And more good news on that benign confirmation.
Looks like you’ve found a great group of encouraging and helpful critiquers (sorry, probably not a word), but also some friends as well.