I don't know if this expression works in English, in French to have the heart of an artichoke means you change your mind a lot about things and people you love.. It's not very flattering, it means being inconsistent in feelings.
There are some things in my life that used to be passions, so important to me that I identified with them, and I thought that would never change.
But now I don't feel as strongly about it. People change I guess, passions come and go.
Here are a few things that used to be part of "me" and are slowly fading away:
- Cross-stitch.
I could not leave the house without something to stitch. I would use every single train ride to advance my projects. I made countless gifts and cute little things. I started a family tree for my sister, but now I can't do it. It's getting hard for me to get the colors. I used to actually see the colors outside and associate a DMC number to it!! I could tell if this blue was more a 3638 or a 974 depending on the amount of blue, yellow, red, and light in it. I had a Ellen Maurer Stroh password, actually I have most of her old freebies on my computer at home, now you need to register to access them..
- Vegetarian.
I was vegetarian for years. I could not digest meat and just the smell of it made me sick. I had no ideology of "poor animals" but my stomach simply could not handle meat. And one day it went away. I think it is probably due to my ankle problems, I took anti-inflamatory medication for years and it probably damaged my stomach somewhat.. I don't know for sure, just an hypothese.
Now I still love veggies, especially legumes. But I do enjoy a good steak :)
- Red Sox :)
Still love them!! :) But I haven't watched a game in a year! And that was a recent passion. But my first year in USA I could not get enough. I went to meet ups every week! It was so much fun! :)
- Books
I would read book after book after book. I still read a lot, but mostly non-fiction or very easy reads (like the chicken soup series or silly novels). I need to get myself a list of good reads because that is the one part of my life that I do miss :)
Previously "a frog's life", we now are settled in France, probably for a few more years. We now have two kids and big plans for our little garden. A sort of old fashioned American homestead 20 miles from Paris.
4 comments:
Do you read Happy Catholic? (Julie Davis' blog) She often reviews great books and she has a very ambitious list of books to read which she updated earlier in the week.
Maybe after the holidays I'll pick another book and we can do a book club again. :-)
Great things to know about you! Glad you can eat meat now. And definitely get thee to some good books!
Hmmm.... the only thing I can think of that I've let go of in the past 8 years, would be babysitting. I used to babysit almost every weekend. I kept it up even after my first son was born, but gradually my hubby and I stopped babysitting and focused on our own family.
I hope you keep cross-stitching. I quilted before I married my husband and still quilt after having 4 kids. I don't have the time or energy to spend in it often, but I do still enjoy having something creative and relaxing to do from time to time.
Thanks for the comments all :)
Yes Kate, I am looking forward for the next book club! :)
And I'll make sure to check out that blog. Thanks
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