When my son Dan was sick, I bought him a red sock monkey with a heart on it. That was in about March - it was on sale after Valentine's Day. He absolutely loved it and kept it by his bed in his apt. Yes, he was 39 but he knew his mom was a little weird and wanted to cheer him up. So since then I've been seeing them all over. I got some sock monkey socks and even a pair of Nick and Nora flannel pajamas with Christmas sock monkeys at Goodwill for $2.50! (Which I promptly ended up selling on Ebay for $17.00!)
So the other day I was at Kohl's and saw this end cap of Nutcrackers. I'm still looking for a tropical one - maybe with some palm trees or parrots or something - when low and behold what do I see? A sock monkey nutcracker! Of course I swooped on it because there were only 4, one of which was all intact. The others had something broken on each one. Who'da thunk I'd ever find something like that? Needless to say, it's going to be on my desk all year long because it reminds me of Dan.
It's funny how when you lose someone you love, little things seem to bring them closer to you. Some days I think about him a lot and miss him terribly. Other days I am OK with the fact that he is no longer suffering and he's in a much happier place. I guess you just have to go with the flow. Life goes on, or so they say.
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