Here’s your Friday tune, Mammy… You can know a lot about a soul just by listening to their song list on Spotify… every Friday, FourthSon sends me a “It’s Friday!” song. Often, I’ll reciprocate. Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without. Confucious I look forward to this exchange which IContinue reading “Friday Tune-Up!”
Category Archives: parenthood
The Birthday Card
We don’t see the world the way it is. We see the world the way we are. The other day, my dad turned 82. He’s been both my biggest blessing and my deepest pain. I find that this is the way things go… if we would be so brave as to look Fear right inContinue reading “The Birthday Card”
Losing Control & BECOMING
We’re BECOMING more human… we’re EMERGING from caterpillar-to-mush-to-butterfly. We’re experiencing all the drama, the depths, and the desires. We’re alchemizing, transmuting, and transforming. Welcome to your life! Daughter called in a panic last night. Snow on the highway and she skidded. It wasn’t like last year when she lost control on the 219, doing aContinue reading “Losing Control & BECOMING”
Appreciate Me, Dammit!
Photo by Kevin Menajang from Pexels The deepest human need is the need to feel appreciated. William James, Psychologist We all want to feel appreciated, to some degree or another. Right? Even the most humble and self-assured among us desire even a little bit of attention, affirmation, love. How many times have you felt unappreciated? Unloved? Unseen? HaveContinue reading “Appreciate Me, Dammit!”
WWWWhore
Confession: I am a YouTube whore. #sorrynotsorry #introverthacks #welcometomyhumor I discovered the worldwideweb of videos a few years ago. There’s everything from teaching to venting, inspiring to educating. I just so dig it. Yesterday, I created my first ever “Southern-style Chicken ‘n Dumplings.” And it turned out so good! (Recipe below.) We’re in what manyContinue reading “WWWWhore”
Message In A Dream
Photo by Matthew DeVries from Pexels I had that same dream again last night. The one in which I am trying to put contacts into my eyes. Odd thing is, the contacts are the size of dinner plates. I realize that I’m trying to put something way too big into my eyes and, though I feel rushed,I tryContinue reading “Message In A Dream”
The Best Thing Ever
Photo by Balázs Benjamin from Pexels It’s early January and yet the ground is green, just a bit of snow left from Christmas Eve’s stormy white. Snowperson fell over yesterday in the thaw, hat upside down next to its round base. More snow is on the way, I’m sure. This is the cycle, isn’t it? Snow, white &Continue reading “The Best Thing Ever”
Betty, A Box, & A Card
Who would have thought that Betty, a box, and a card could bring out the best in me… JOY.
What’s In A Box?
Every year, since all five of my children were wee ones, my husband goes out a few days before Christmas and creates for each of them their very own “food box.” Food box, you query? What is a food box and, more to the point, why a food box? Wellllll, there are five of them.Continue reading “What’s In A Box?”
Writing Every Day Down 