The dog woke me up at 7am and wanted a long walk. And, he was peppy. He did his business, sniffed the roses, and looked up at me with his brown/green eyes. I was going to take this to be his way of communicating “happy mother’s day” to […]
Every year, I come up with a word in December to capture the new upcoming year. Some years, my word is spot on. Other years, not so much. For this current year, the word I had selected back in December was “adventurer.” Then life deflated my adventure ballon. […]
When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? When I was a young girl, I didn’t play with barbies. I wasn’t super girlie that way. I played board and strategy games every day. I participated in storytelling contests. I acted I’m homegrown […]
The past month has been leading up to this week and one day in particular. The memorial services are this week. So much preparation goes into putting on a celebration of life that you become numb to a lot of things throughout the days. And, most people won’t […]
January’s have been hard for me. I’ve lost three dear loved ones in past January’s. When I seemingly got through this past Friday, the 13th, I breathed a sigh of relief. That was foolish of me. I sit here having cried for two days now. Grief never goes […]
It is an amazing experience to go through and witness as a baby turns into an independent being. My baby will be turning 15 this coming year. And, I’m floored. This morning, as I woke up, one of my first thoughts was how he was going to be […]
Dear 2022 Here is a brief letter of gratitude now that I have had some days to reflect back on the year that recently was. First off, thank you for ending. The year seemed unusually long and tedious, at times. Why I had to get covid this past […]
The year is winding down, and it’s that time to reflect on the good, the bad, and the ugly. I know it’s the holiday season, but for that very reason today, I may focus a little on the bad. Namely, Covid. For the first two years of the […]
As adults, we have a lot of pressures on us. Job, family, friends, frenemies, shopping, and so forth. We get hit from every angle sometimes. I rarely went to the beach as a kid. I grew up in the cement world. But, I made a concerted effort to […]
These days we hear about many illnesses and diseases. It’s actually a daily barage. There’s news stories on diseases old and new. There are alerts from the health department. There’s social media catching onto something supposedly new. There are television advertisements for medications for diseases you never knew […]
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