Can anyone please guilt me into preparing the red carpet for the vacation arrival ( Read more... )

So my son calls and he is in Belgium. The phone call is matter of fact and eerily like he is only a few miles away. It felt the same the day he called from North Pole, Alaska just to reassure his mother who was anxiously awaiting word of a safe journey. The first airplane flight he could actually recall, he had only flown once before as an ( Read more... )

They said it would happen within the 2 weeks. I think it has felt just like sitting next to a package found in a park waiting on the bomb squad to arrive. It will happen, there is no way to stop it, and you just have to deal with it. It is part of what you give up to gain back something that is the most important thing in the world, the right to ( Read more... )

What do I enjoy about Monday?

Not much, but the warm shower and Crabtree & Evelyn Shea Butter lotion is enough to make a Monday morning bearable.

But then again, perhaps it is...

My emotional meter is set on high. It has been set on high for a good while now, something like 50 years. Anxiety is often at an all time low but will poke its ugly head in to bid its favor when least expected ( Read more... )

Sometimes stubbornness can get you into trouble ( Read more... )

So many decisions to make ( Read more... )

Pink Dogwoods unfold their petals as they sit upon barren limbs of winter ( Read more... )

Okay, let’s see if I can get back into the swing of “why” I chose Live Journal writing in the first place so many years ago ( Read more... )

Yesterday I spent the day milling around the house for most of the morning, checking for updates and emails on the computer, taxing my brain for clever responses, petting furry things and finally in a moment of, I got to get outta here revelation, I went, got in my car and drove to my favorite $1 movie house. It is a place where I go often and I ( Read more... )