Knowledge is Power
posted over 3 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 2 comments
When I used to spend time studying with my children, we would all gather together around the dining room table. Each would set out his or her homework and prioritize it and if they had no homework, they were to be reading a book from a list I appr...
Perspective -- I am a Resourceful Woman
posted over 3 years ago | 1 comment
Today is going to be a wonderful day. Our Christmas shopping has been completed. Tomorrow is slated for gift wrapping (my favorite part of Christmas) and loading the car so we can leave early Monday morning.
Today, however, I get to show off a li...
Today, however, I get to show off a li...
Just Being There
posted over 3 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 1 comment
It is such a wonderful feeling to be back to my early-morning routine. It seemed that I had abandoned myself to everything else, which seemed to take priority over my own needs. Eventually I decided that I couldn't be good for everyone else if I w...
A Surprise Around Every Corner
posted over 3 years ago | 4 comments
While I can't say my parents were traditional parents, they did have these wonderful moments. It was always fun to be awakened early on Saturday morning with gentle nudges and "get yourself dressed -- we're going exploring today." The exploring to...
Memories Through Time/Gifts From the Heart
posted over 3 years ago | 4 comments
Although we traveled extensively when I was very young, my memories of most of these journeys are somewhat vague. There are a few things that stand out, but none so detailed as the one that presented itself yesterday.
My father and I went to the ...
My father and I went to the ...
The Time of Change
posted over 3 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 3 comments
There have been many changes in my life in the past few months. Some have been tragic, some have been uplifting. The one truth is that change is just that. Change is the constant. The signal for rebirth. The egg of the Phoenix.
My mornings are be...
My mornings are be...
Simple Loving-Kindness
posted over 3 years ago | 3 comments
As things fall back into a little more familiar routine, I begin to feel more myself and less like a frantic tornado, trying to touch down in too many places. I'm a planner. Even now, my refrigerator is lining up with Post-It Notes in preparation ...
Life's Little Detours
posted over 3 years ago | 5 comments
Two weeks ago, I was spending time at the hospital with Helen. Just a few days later, she passed. There is a detailed story of her last few days, but I haven't the heart to write about it now. I can say that not everyone in the world is as fortuna...
Let's Play: NAME THAT EMOTION!
posted over 3 years ago | 2 comments
So much for Sunday being a day of rest. I got a call Sunday evening at about 8:30. It was the hospital. Helen was in crisis and they were unable to raise Lee at the hospice, nor was she answering her cell. That call came in while I was talking wit...
Sunday, Sweet Sunday
posted over 3 years ago | 4 comments
Feeling that I have had a productive week, I set aside this day for rest and relaxation. Of course, that could not begin until I had answered the two phone calls that came in, once again, and totally inappropriate times. My father says if my siste...
