My big trip is coming up and I get more anxious by the day. I know I will have a great time and this is some much needed “me” time after a few years of some pretty crazy shit happening, but I’m worried. I’ve gotten to the point where I have convinced myself that my … Continue reading »
close
We are so close to the finish line. It’s hard to believe we are only 7 wake ups away from packing this school year away. I have done a lot of healing over this year. When I think back to those first months, the way I would drive in fighting tears and feelings of loss, … Continue reading »
cavalier
It’s easy to be cavalier about something you know very little about. At least, it seems that way to me. I find that this is especially the case in terms of our mortality. Yours more than mine…I find I don’t care to be so offhand about the subject anymore. I know. You’re thinking that I’m … Continue reading »
closer
The end of the school year is creeping closer. I’m breathless with anticipation. Only 22 more mornings! Yippee!!!
4 weeks
So I’ve been dieting in earnest for four weeks now, and I’ve lost almost 12 lbs. You know you need to lose a lot of weight when you’ve lost 12 and it makes no visible difference to yourself or to others. Oh well. Pressing onward and, hopefully, downward.
happy easter
breaking the camel
Okay, so I’ve been fat for quite awhile. I’ve made some half-hearted attempts to stop being fat, but usually that just ended in me being more fat. The last few years haven’t helped. But honestly, even before that, I’d given up. I suppose what I’m trying to communicate is that I’m trying to get myself … Continue reading »
44
Mitchell would have been 44 today. Each day that passes we get farther away from him. Our lives change; we change. He will forever be the same. Our love for him remains, but I suspect that will change as well. Loving the memory of a person has to be different than loving the individual. I … Continue reading »
three
Three is alternately a joy and a terror. Three makes me want to hug her to pieces and tear my hair out. Three knows how to push buttons and smile the sweetest of smiles. Three can pick up her own toys without being asked and forced me to put her in a headlock to wash … Continue reading »
