The Original Tuesday Blues

Have you ever had one of those days? A down in the dumps, hard to get going, blue day?

December 1, 2009 was one of those days for me. Overwhelmed with things to do and weighed down by the stress of my own worries I posted on Facebook that I was having the Tuesday Blues.

My best friend responded that I should come on a walk with her. Such a wonderful idea, a morning walk with a good friend. The only problem... she was more than 300 miles away. I lamented her distance, but she found a way to take me on her walk. Showing me her own version of Tuesday Blues, she posted these pictures for me.

A month later she was in an accident that took her from this world. Later, as I longed to talk to her again, I was reading her wall on Facebook when I found the post again. I had forgotten about it, and it meant more to me this time than it had before. I wished so much that I could go on a walk with her again, and then I realized, in a way, I can. So on my most blue days I take a walk, open my eyes and see how beautiful the Tuesday Blues can be.