Tomorrow I’ll be talking about Active Play- just in time for having the kids home for the summer. It’s been great to get back to work. I’ve gotten many emails from our incredible core of toy testers…”so, what’s going on?”
Well, it’s been one of those times that you just keep moving. We have had two graduations, a prom, a wedding and a stroke. When you’re in a family business the good and bad that hits your family also colors your work day. I’m happy to report (now collectively knock on a HUGE piece of wood) that my dad is doing very well. We have been going through the toys that always arrive by the cartons this time of year…but quietly.
The emotional roller coaster of graduating children getting ready for the next big chapters of their lives, seeing the family’s first grandchild get married – all against the precarious backdrop of having a sick family member–it’s part of life. Sitting at LaGuardia Airport – getting ready to board and bursting into tears because my parents were unable to attend my son’s graduation….life. Filling up with happy tears the next day when my son received his diploma…life. Watching the young woman I knew as a baby take her vows…life. Being the mom asking for one more “picture” to capture yet another moment you know is going all too quickly…life. My younger son’s outdoor graduation from high school was interrupted by a thunder and lightening storm…pretty much summed up how this month just didn’t go as I had planned. But of course, that’s life too. You have to roll (or run) with what is — and not miss the joy of that moment because it’s not exactly how you envisioned it. I thought I had already learned that lesson…but I certainly got a refresher course!
I’m proud of my family that we got through all of the scary and joyful moments with good grace and good humor. We cleaned up well. Seeing my dad in his tux at my niece’s wedding surrounded by his grandchildren reminded me of how grateful I am to be a member of my family. Everyone stepped up.
So that’s where I’ve been. Now back to work…