A Missing Piece

This is a piece from a chess board.  I think it is supposed to be the Bishop.  It's partner piece is missing and we are waiting for the distributor to send us another one.  Until it arrives, the little guy sits alone on my desk and waits.  I feel rather like Mr. Bishop; alone and waiting.  AH has gone to Houston to spend Thanksgiving with his family and that is a very good thing.  He needs to spend time with them.  Family is important.  I needed to work and he needed to not have to worry about how I, an introvert who craves quiet, fares in a large family of extroverts.  It is all as it should be, but I miss him.

It's is cold and raining and I am tired.  I slept so little last night that I wish I could lay my head on my desk for just a little bit.  I can't wait to get home to our place and settle in.  Work is good.  Home is better.

People have been so kind to me, knowing I would be alone for Thanksgiving.  Even Sarah, the girl who does my nails, offered the hospitality of her family.  (I was REALLY touched.)  Friend Diana also invited me to join her family.  I will not, however, be alone.  My beautiful children will be stopping by for a bit on the way to other family obligations and honestly, I don't mind being alone.  I mind being without AH.  I mind that a lot.

Even now, missing my most beloved piece, life is still so wonderful.  I don't think I've ever been as happy and content as I am now.  I am so genuinely thankful that I want to dance and sing.  Or, maybe just sit quietly and send my gratitude out into the world.

So, thanks.  Thanks for reading.  Thanks for caring.  Sending love to you all, and maybe a little dancing and singing, too.  Namaste.

Comments

[Nancy Adams]

Holly,

I am not sure why you think of us as all as extroverts -- we just like to debate and somehow feel that the more we debate the closer the world comes to some meaningful answers. We missed you dearly and felt like you would have had a profound influence on our world-saving rallies!!!

[amy]

What a wonderful post - thank you for sharing Tom during Thanksgiving - it meant a lot to all of us to have him take part in our holiday festivities. I am also an introvert so I know how hard it would be to spend a lot of time with our very loud outgoing family.

[A Facebook User]

That's so funny, Amy took the words out of my keypad-- thanks for sharing wonderful Tom. It is such a treat to spend time with him after so many years of never having him around. I do so dearly wish we got to see more of you as well though, because you, too, are a delight.

As a consummate extroverted introvert, I can at least partially relate to the need for quiet in such a loud, outspoken family. Not my own, though. I barely even notice the volume level, it's so familiar. I imagine it is dizzying for a non-blood relative!