The sun rises. The sun sets. Darkness falls. Then, miraculously, the sun rises, the sun sets, and darkness falls … again. And, again. And, again. And, again. Such is the rhythm of life here on Earth. A dependable, ordered process. With each new day, comes another new day, new week, new month, and new year. So, November 4th came and […]
The last several weeks I have had several heart-felt conversations with others. Some have been with close friends, other conversations with family members, yet other conversations have been with people whom I’ve never met in person. These specific conversations that I’m speaking of have revolved around the common theme of grief. How to live with grief. How to keep going […]
“BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!” Yes, hearing that excruciating, irritating noise at 3:30 am when you’re set to wake up at 6:00 am can create a sense of panic and disorientation, all at once! I was disoriented, but not my man. He jumped up out of bed and went straight for the door where the smoke alarm is located. We actually have […]
Whew! Finally! That burr in my side is finally released! The house is dusted! I have started AND finished dusting. I have had a long withstanding feeling of disdain toward dusting. This feeling has lasted, honestly, my entire life! I do not want to dust. I do not like to dust. I put it off until it can’t be ignored […]
“…The main thing though is that they are safe. A house is something that you can repair and fix. Home truly is where your heart and the people you love are. Please keep the many families that lost everything in your thought and prayers. God will see them and everyone else through this. There is always a rainbow at the […]
The word that won’t leave me this week is … Grace. Not only a beautiful word, but a powerful word. Not only a conceptual word, but a practical word. Not an easy word to process (by any means), but a word that could quite possibly hold the key. The key to what? The key to thriving in this life on […]
The Rubber HAS Met the Road! Literally speaking, the rubber has met the road in my world the last couple of weeks (if I must be truthful, the last year). Most recently, I have been on the road a good deal rendezvousing with my parents in various locations, meeting with doctors/surgeons, and trying to determine the best course of action […]
An obituary. A pretty morbid concept or thought for anyone who hasn’t had the opportunity (yet) to write one. Merriam – Webster describes an obituary as “a notice of a person’s death usually with a short biographical account”. Blah. Blah. Blah. An extremely stale and unsympathetic definition if you ask me (someone who has written a few obituaries in her […]
Nostalgic. As I sit here in my living room on Mojeaux’s (our 70-pound poodle) throne pondering the events of the last 3½ weeks, that is the word to describe what I have felt and am feeling. That’s a picture-perfect word to describe my current perspective. Nostalgic. Nostalgia is “a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some […]
The phrase, “It Is What It Is”, reminds me of a couple of years ago when this was my self-professed motto. The beautiful thing about working in the field of public education is that each school year has a distinct beginning and a distinct end. School years roll by like the waves of the ocean coming in and going out. […]