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My German choir is learning a rendition of the Charlie Chaplin song "Smile," and I really can't stop smiling at the cute German accents pronouncing the soft "ch" in "aching" when they forget the sound is different in the English word. I really needed the reminder this week to smile - a coworker caught me coming into the office with something probably closer to a grimace and joked, "You dropped something," as I wheeled past. "What?" I asked only to laugh when he replied, "Your smile."[...]
This one snuck up on me.
But I've also seen it coming for a while.[...]
I just had an amazing two hour conversation with one of my best friends across the ocean. Shannon and I were going over the details of the stress and celebrations this last week, and I was reflecting with her the crazy lives we've both lived over the past several years. I'm coming up on the four year traumaversary of breaking my back, and a month before my accident, I wrote a sappy post on my old blog referencing the scary dialogue between Gandalf and Bilbo in the first installment of The Hobbit movies indicating I might stay in Germany significantly longer than my initial two year commitment. [...]
I told my friend I was going to go to bed in half an hour... and that was like fifteen minutes ago. Sometimes I can blast out an update quickly, so let's see if that happens. Otherwise, I might be hitting the snooze button for five more minutes a couple extra times in the morning.[...]
I’m posting this update later than normal, and I’ll ask for your forgiveness, a mercy if you like, as I give all the details of my full and adventurous previous ten days. If you’re not interested in the intricacies of my celebrations and travels, I’ll write a “too long; didn’t read” down at the bottom.[...]
