This week I had a moment with a friend that made me stop and realize how far I've come since April 2016. My friend was venting about how much she works and how when she goes home it's to a messy house and demanding people. She arrived home at 8:30PM after working a 12 hour … Continue reading Glimpse
The last few months have been interesting to say the least. Covid-19 upended the world and we are still seeing the ramifications of someone's poor decision. I have always been a conspiracy theorist so I of course am curious about what has really happened. Politics aside, this thing has changed our world and lives. In … Continue reading Thoughts
Faith is believing in something you can't see. Faith is how I made it though every bad situation, stressful event, unpleasant moment in my life. My son is learning about God. He's learning that life is hard and through faith people overcome the difficult spots. It has been interesting to watch an 8 year old … Continue reading Faith
The experts aren't kidding when they say it happens fast. Nor is it bad advice to not blink. One thing is for sure, you really can't predict how it turns out. The thing I'm proud of is the effort I put into my family. I had a friend tell me once that the fact I … Continue reading Life
So, I'm having a hard week. My job is awful, nobody warned me how horrible people can be around the holiday's. Mess up their buy one get one free offer and their entire life is ending. The digital age has done nothing for humanity. I've been called everything you can think of and I'm the … Continue reading 26 cents
As I prepared for this Thanksgiving by cleaning my house and buying a freezer for half a beef coming soon. I was struck by the contrast a couple of years make. The first Thanksgiving without Jerry was just plain weird. Jerry loved food. He told me that his one requirement for a wife was that … Continue reading Gratitude
Within a few days of my husband dying I heard the Tracy Lawerence song, "Time Marches On". The lyrics always stuck with Jerry as his dad was buried beneath a maple tree. I was struck by how people just kept living their lives like nothing major had happened to my family. Fast forward three and … Continue reading Time
I'm sitting in my living room this morning waiting for a dumpster to be delivered. I am contemplating my journey thus far. I am reminded of a conversation I had with my co-worker Israel a year after Jerry had died. Israel had taken my office before the year mark of Jerry's death and as many … Continue reading Remnants
I think I'm the human version of flat Stanley. For those who have never heard of flat Stanley it is a story most second and third graders hear and get to create. It is a story of a boy who magically makes himself flat so he can mail himself to far away places. That's where … Continue reading 2 Dimensional
When I was a teenager I ran around using the word STRESS in the place of SHIT. I suppose it was a better choice, at least I didn't appear as white trashy as I felt. It also explains why I say flamingo, fish sticks, and ferdinand regularly as my f word of choice. Substitution at … Continue reading Stress
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