Category: Family

My Uncle

My dearest Uncle, You were like a big brother to me at times with only 5 yr between us. We spent so much time together as kids – laughing, joking, having fun and getting...

Losses

Here we are, starting December. There seems to be lots to do as we continue to unpack, sort, donate, move furniture, rearrange and then toss in working and getting ready for the holidays. Then...

Change is a Foot

Change – happens by choice or not, regardless it happens. You can fight it, or embrace it. Sometimes it is one step forward and two steps back, other times it seems full steam ahead....

Here We Are Again

Here we are again – twenty twenty-four – two, zero, two, four. Hard to believe in some ways yet easy in others. Days slip into nights, which slip back into days and then into...

Overwhelmed

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress Sounds pretty simple, right? Just relax, let go, don’t sweat it however it is not that basic or easy. The mind that won’t shut down, the...

~ Bring on 2023 ~

Here we go 2023 – lots of new beginnings, fresh starts, resolutions and thoughts about what was good in 2022 and what the New Year will bring. We had a summer of celebrations with...

2022, COVID and more

Here we are more than 1/2 way through 2022. COVID continues to be present with those immuno compromised getting a 4th shot. Rumors that a booster of COVID will be in the annual flu...

And that’s a wrap

I guess we could all say “what the hell was that year about”? COVID-19 became a new word that translated the same around the world – wear a face mask, wash your hands, don’t...

How’d We get Here?

September 1st 2020? Really? How the hell did that happen? It’s been over a year since I’ve blogged. I’ve kept up my personal journal however not online due to a variety of reasons including...