Comedy Through The Chaos

Mm hmm. You gonna get your tea? Hey, Cadre Spear. I am miss Shannon. Welcome to comedy through the chaos, summer vacation edition, which means that cyclone kid and I are trying to keep our sanity in between summer activities. Are you gonna put your shoes on? I think that's a good idea. So you can put your shoes on. So hope that your week has been one that was manageable for whatever you're doing out there. To remind any of you. Geez, look how messy our table is. Oh, well, to remind any of you, yes, I am a comedian, corporate speaker, and voice actor hubbing here out of the great state of Minnesota.

But primarily, I am this dude's mom. You can go outside. You can go outside. Go outside. So, for us over here, if you wonder how our stuff works, Cadre Sphere is, he happens to be high sports on the autism spectrum, and I happen to be living in the world of high functioning anxiety. So we get through every day the best we can. Hello, Jocelyn. Thanks for joining us. I'm gonna go outside, even though it's raining a little bit, because part of the reason why this has been a week of transition for us is we just had a bunch of changes.

You gonna come over here? Yeah, come on. Come over here. And so one of the things that you'll see behind me is that lovely tree stump. And that was a beloved tree that we had here in our home. And I had to admit that the ash Burrow finally got to it, so I had to have somebody come and take it out. He was a lovely man, a lovely man who helped us go ahead and take out my second favorite tree and take it down to a stump. But the thing that was unfortunate about it is that there were a lot of memories that are attached to that tree, which, if you wonder why I did not have them, just grind it all the way down and take it out completely, because I was not in a position to let it go completely.

I just am not. And I think there are oftentimes things that are in our life where we're like, hey, we're just not ready to let the thing go completely. So even though this is a transition that happened to me, my ability to have to be something that worked for me, what I decided to do, and this is my favorite tree in my yard right now, this one that's behind me. What I decided to do was go, okay, I understand I need to take this out, because it's eventually going to weigh down my yard. Like, I was worried that the longer I left this tree in, which had clearly died, because it had to succumb to something else in nature.

I was worried that the next time there was a thunderstorm, it was going to end up falling down and possibly hitting our house or hurting us or hurting somebody else. So, yeah, I know the tree needed to go. So as much as I was attached to it, I had to figure out, well, what's the next step? And so sometimes it's figuring out what a part of this can you let go of, and what part of it do you need to figure out what you're going to do with. So what I decided I'm going to do is that I've ordered a bunch of those getchy, like, tree gnomes and the things that look like it's a gnome house, like a little tiny door and a bunch of little tiny windows and a face that I'm gonna put on it.

So I have decided, because I am a big nerd, I'm gonna make it. If you remember from Lord of the Rings, they had those walking trees. They're called ent. That is going to be our ent, and I'm gonna put some lovely gnomes on it, and I'm gonna add some whimsy to it so that my son and I can still enjoy it in this new iteration, because it wasn't going to be able to continue on as it was. We weren't going to be able to suddenly turn back time. As Sherrod said, we couldn't turn back time. We couldn't turn back time and have that tree be as beautiful as it was.

All of those memories that were made around it, in it, beneath it, all completely valid. And we are so grateful that we were able to have those moments, but we can't go back to those moments. Hello, Jules. Thanks for joining us. I'm talking about how I had to transition and actually cut down an ill tree in my front yard and what I am doing with it. And so. But what we can do is figure out what the next step is and what is the next positive thing that can happen and how we can have new, wonderful memories.

You gonna lay down the new memories that we can have now? I'm in my garage now, so I can finish talking to you and then go finish parenting. But we can have new memories that help us move forward and help us appreciate the next things that we have. So if you have a moment in your life that you are being forced to transition away from, yes, you can warn all of the emotions that come with having to let something go, and then hopefully you're able to do what we were with that tree stump and I will report back after it makes its amazing transformation into a gnome house as we continue to move forward.

And maybe you can figure out a small way to do that in your life. So yes, there are probably a couple of things you need to let go, but what can you do to transition into something else that's positive so that it can continue to bring you joy and not end up being baggage? So figure out how you can do that. Everybody. One of the things I promise myself is I'm doing my best to continue to check in with you on these caregiver Thursdays as my caregiving life gets a little more complex during the summer.

But maybe you're like me and you're like, the time is precious and very fleeting and so it might be a little shorter on my end than it would be if I was not in full caregiver mode and it might be on the go and that might be your life. And I was able to pop in and see speak wonders live stream earlier today and talking about, you know, what are you doing to sell suit? What are you doing to care for yourself and for you to figure out those moments as well? Jules, spin anybody out there who's joining us today if you're also checking us out in the replay, we appreciate you.

And man, we know it's some days the only person that has your back is you. So reach out, extend those arms, give yourself a hug and know you are worthy of all of the accolades. Regardless of whether the person you are caregiving can give them to you right now or not. You are worthy, you're important and you are loved. So everybody check out the rest of the content that's going on here on the Cadre sphere. I know my friend JC. m. central. And if you need a variety of different things as you are continuing to build community along with us, pop through.

There's so many different contributors here that if you just go ahead and do a little search, there's probably somebody that can give you the words and the vocal hugs that you need at the time. So everybody, thanks for joining me. I'm going to see you guys next week and right now I'm going to go figure out what Cyclone kids doing. So see you guys soon. Enjoy the rest of your day. Bye.