Why do we grown-ups make things so hard?  More to the point, when do we lose the ability to draw the line?  As toddlers, not a single one of us had a problem with telling the entire world "NO!", or with making it well and truly known when we were mad, or when we'd had more than we could take.  Somehow, most of us as adults have developed the ( Read more... )

You just never know what kids are going to say.  Especially mine.  She has this quirky sense of humor that only ever really shines every once in a while.  The other day was one of those times ( Read more... )

I was right...it was SO worth it.  Aside from crossing a thing or two off the old "List of Things to Do Before I Die", I met a lot of really cool people, and learned a lot of things that the history/social studies books don't tell you.  Amazing.  I'll post pictures when I can.

Yeah, so I'm going far, far away in the morning.  Really, in a couple of hours.  I still have SO much to do, but until I either get sunlight, banking hours, or the laundry buzzer, I've done all I can for the moment.  Dang, I'm tired...but it's gonna be SO worth it.

Hasta la bye-bye!

In a floundering economy, I am singularly blessed to have a profession that translates into work whenever, wherever, and however I want it.  It was that thought process that got me into this field, actually - economies come and economies go, but there will ALWAYS be sick people, and there are way more sick people than there are nurses to care for ( Read more... )

In my daily commute the other day, a thought occurred to me.  Probably to someone else, it would neither be significant nor profound.  But it got my attention.  The thought was, what in my life could I or should I have done differently?  That train of thought, when used to avoid going forward, is a hindrance and a crutch.  However, when used to ( Read more... )

"I want to be with you."

Those are the sweetest words I could ever have hoped to hear.

WOOHOO!!!  Moving day is finally here!  So hasta la pasta until I get my new internet set up!  Wish me luck!

Wow!  So a whole lot of soul-searching, elbow grease, job change, and just good old stubbornness later, my life is pretty good!  For the first time in almost 2 years, I'm actually starting to feel like I belong here.  It took a lot of work, patience, tears, understanding, and courage to get here, but the view is certainly much nicer.  I think I'll ( Read more... )

How do you retrace your steps when you aren't sure how you got where you are?

How do you break it back down to basics in a long-term relationship?  Or can it even be done?

Where do you start when trying to build communication where it doesn't currently exist?

I feel like a blind man who's been asked to draw an elephant.