I'm so tired...  I'm finally home and will be sleeping in my own bed tonight.  I've only been gone three days, but  it seems longer.  I think it's because I know I only have two days at home and will be leaving again for a full week.  Then, home for a few and off again for another two weeks in a row ( Read more... )

I've had about 10 hours sleep over the last 48 hours.  It's been a weekend of celebration and happiness with the wedding of my neice.  There has been lots of preparations, lots of food, lots of family and lots of fun.  But for me, it was also a weekend of memories ( Read more... )

Tonight I sent my daughter to bed with unresolved issues.  She was crying, and after her lights were off and the door closed, I cried. Something I don't do often.  It felt both good and bad at the same time.    I don't know if it's a luxury - or if it's something I have convinced myself is a sign of weakness, but I cried none-the-less.  It's times ( Read more... )

I''m back from the Beach. It has been a very wonderful, very needed time away.   I don't know what it is about that place, but it's like heaven on earth to me.   It is the only place on earth that I know of, where I can really escape.  I just lay there and feel totally at peace.  I don't know if it's the sound of the waves, the wind on my body, the ( Read more... )

 I'm only beginning.