T is for Tuesday

 

 Tuesday.... "chooseday"  

we are required to make so many choices each hour, each day each year. Some of them are small... what to wear today? (I know whatever I choose will be too hot or cold) 

Which mug to drink your coffee or morning tea from? 

I was adopted as an infant into an existing family with  16 and 12 year old daughters, who got married early giving me faux siblings (their kids) to grow up with. My "niece" came to visit me once bringing her kids along. One morning I asked which mug she wanted with her breakfast coffee. 

She was incredulous saying what does it matter? who cares? 

I blinked... I care, I thought. I pick the one that suits me each time, why not? Why wouldn't you care? 

choice.... a blessing and an annoyance at times. Increasingly these days of home cooked meals, I'm asked what do you want for dinner? 

People chow, so I don't have to choose what to have. 

I am an artist by temperament. I make a meeeelion choices with each design. I like the choices. Often with fabric I can audition different patterns before committing to them but with painting it is more of a commitment since I use watercolors. Mostly I enjoy the process of making a decision on art. It is not life and death, it won't impact many people and I have to primarily make myself happy. 

I remember having to choose from the car I really wanted and the one that was practical and affordable. With some sacrifice I could afford both. My head and my spirit were at odds... and I wasn't sure what to do so I asked my older sister. She said, if you tossed a coin, and it came up the practical one, would you be upset? then pick the fun one and make it work! Someone else told me once, if you have two choices and go back and forth then likely they are both good, and either will work so stop dithering! 

My sister's husband once told me, most decisions aren't right or wrong... they just are choices. Once you make a choice, you take that road and live with it... accepting the good and bad that come with it. 

Hindsight isn't 20/20 it's an annoying little brother who says nyah nyah! you screwed up! It is best friends with regret, the hateful friend who makes you question your actions instead of reminding you that you're capable of handling the consequences. 

 

chooseday... it's Tuesday... and I choose to link up with T is for Tuesday because it's a nice group of people and I need niceness. My drink of choice this week is iced tea. It is always iced tea, I grew up in the South. I steep cinnamon tea bags, with decaf green tea bags, then make a quart of tea with filtered water to keep in the fridge. 

Now that I'm older, I can't have the amount of caffeine I used to consume hence the half and half, but we like tea at lunch. 

I can drink it from my little goblet because that makes me happy. 

tell me about the choices you are making today... let me get a glass of tea so I can relax and listen!

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