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We kick off April on the very
first day with Viva’s birthday, which is fantastic, and it should be all fireworks
and bonanzas from there. But just a few days later, we reach the anniversary of my grandpa’s death. And about a week after that, the anniversary of Sweet Dub getting laid off. (This year it is three years since he lost his well-paying office
job, and three years of financial struggle as he has worked various freelance photography
and videography jobs and done his damnedest to get some TV projects off the
ground. We are trying to morph this into the anniversary of the day his own
business was founded, turning lemons into lemon bars if you will. Some days we
are more successful at this than others. Yesterday Sweet Dub got a flat tire
and it turns out he needs two new tires for his truck. As we no longer have an
emergency fund or any financial wiggle room, it was hard to put a positive spin
on this.) A week after that is the anniversary of my grandma’s death.
So to recap: for our family, April
comes in like a drumline and goes out like a fugue. Added
to that, last week was just ungodly in the number and magnitude of horrific
events occurring across the country and the world.
Again, trying to look at
things from a different perspective:
there is certainly room for something spectacularly amazing to happen
later in April, to balance things out in the future. (Hint, hint, Universe.) I would not be opposed to that.
As Sweet Dub says, “It’s not much of a success story if
there is no struggle.”
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