Friday Favourite Moments 2025 #19

In some ways this week has felt quiet(ish) and in other ways, this week has been a big one! Buckle up for a significant list of "favourite moments."

1) Mom's health

Well, my mom's health has definitely been a major thing going on with our family this year but this week she found out that the surgery was successful, the cancer hadn't spread, and she needs no further treatment!!! Honestly, this is probably my absolute favourite moment of 2025!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for all your prayers and kind comments during this time. I have appreciated them more than you know.

2) Various walks

I'm doing a "walk every day in May" challenge so, besides my daily walks to work and back, I've been trying to get some extra walking in. On Saturday, I walked downtown to pick Sam up from driver's ed. He was happy to stop for ice cream, so we did!!! And then we took the LRT home so he could get himself home independently the next day. Also that Grapefruit Orange Blossom ice cream was delicious!!!

 

3) Spring

 

Okay, you all listened to me complain through all of February, and a lot of March, about how "blah" our winter was. I complained about the snow. I complained about the cold. I complained about the grey. Well, your reward with sticking me through all that is to hear how absolutely giddy I am about spring!!!

 

On Sunday we went for a walk in the woods for our friend's 50th birthday party and there were so many trillium blooming. Below is me beside patch of them. Trillium are our provincial flower.

Then Dave and I went for a walk on Tuesday evening and our neighbours' magnolia tree was in full bloom and incredibly beautiful. I loved it. I added a picture of me looking apprehensive with a goose in the background. Geese are evil and I was so happy this one didn't attack me. Yesterday, I was walking home from work and two geese came marching down the sidewalk towards me. I crossed the street to get around them because there was no way I was walking near them.

 

4) Rachel's dance

I am actually writing this post as I sit through a rehearsal at the theatre and wait for my volunteer shift to start. I love being at the theatre and hearing all the excited dancers and feeling the anticipation as they prepare for their big shows this weekend.

 

So that's my list of favourite moments. By the time you're reading this on Friday morning I'll only have one day of work, and ten hours of dance volunteering left. I am crashing so hard on Sunday!!! I hope you have a more relaxing weekend ahead than I do :)