Had some really good talk and connection with Jennie this morning, followed by solid alignment.
Now—time to go move the laundry.
We’ve got a big day ahead: heading down to SLC to watch the Super Bowl at the Stanchfields’ (Jennie’s parents).
One thing I want to lock in here, because they’ve gotten older.
We spend a lot more time there now—not just because they’re aging, not just because Peggy is getting dementia, not just because they just lost a son—but because they’ve asked for help. And the help they want is simple:
They want us to spend time with them.
That landed for me years ago with my mother as she was dying. As she got older, I realized the thing she wanted most wasn’t fixing or solving anything—it was just for me to come and see her. To be there.
So we’ve been doing that.
And here’s the alignment piece I don’t want to miss:
This isn’t a “you’re broken and we need to fix you” situation.
This is a response to a request—and it’s also an organic, joyful thing to do.
Why not spend more time with the Stanchfields?
Why not just come and sit with them?
It doesn’t have to always be in response to crisis.
It doesn’t have to be heavy.
Just come.
Just sit.
Just be.
That’s what we’re doing today.
Watching the Super Bowl together.
Nothing more.
Okay. Laundry time.