I've learned a great deal unpacking boxes of stuff. It turns out I collect a lot of paper. I have a wide variety of child's art, report cards and letters home from basic training. Papers touched, decorated and written on by my sons were causing me stress. I couldn't bare to throw them away even tho my …
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The best kind of meal….
Our old house languishes two hours north of us... the rooms almost empty, the workshop a mess... waiting for coats of paint and new floors and its new occupants to enter in. So Doug and I trek there and begin our weekly list of chores. Then a son and daughter-in-law arrive, then two more, then …
No. No it WAS NOT that easy
I stepped into the garage a couple days ago and this box caught my eye. It made me laugh. There have been days it made me cry... but I think I've moved on to a better place. When you step back and take a broader look, there was nothing remotely easy about getting here. .... and another …
On Boots ‘n’ Pooh ‘n’ Writing
I've had a problem getting words on paper lately. It's been a problem for a while actually... started last October when my life changed so dramatically. My bossy inner critic keeps telling me I have nothing to say - to just keep quiet. The word police have arrested me.... "you can't say that". So in the effort to push …
All Grown Up Now
I called a son on his birthday a few days ago... nothing too unusual about that. He: Hey, Mom...what's happening? Me: Just calling to say Happy Birthday. He: Thanks, Mom. This is the son who always had the happy, smiley face, the where's-the-party personality, the Super Man key chain (and driving record) that survived his teen and military years. …
Ears To Hear
For the last several days I have prayed to keep a guard over my mouth... to not say anything that inflames, insights... or seriously embarasses should my kids overhear. Maybe I should have been more aware of what I allowed in through my ears, settling in my heart? I wonder why we attempt to give the best of ourselves …
Epiphany…. I almost missed it
It takes me awhile to process things. I "mull", I debate inwardly over and over again, which is why I am just now coming to terms with January 1st. January 1st was our family Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years all rolled into one. A lot of expectation for one little day. It was the day we had most of our kids and …
Boldly Go… or Hold Back in Fear?
The parable of the talents in the Bible has always bugged me. The end result seemed unfair...... ....a wealthy man leaves on a journey. Before leaving he gives talents (money) to three of his servants. Five talents to one, two to another and one to the last. While he's gone the first two servants invest and double his …
Waiting for Someday
On the first day after the last day of my job I opened a blank journal and wrote: September 22, 2011 Today is the first day of retirement from the job. The first day of the rest of my life begins. "Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable …
At least I know where I come from…..
Since I'm still a little confused about where I am...... at loose ends without 24/7 connection to email, Facebook and on-line bill pay..... discombobulated by my new role as caregiver.... I thought I'd reflect on something I know for sure. September 21st was my last day on the job, but it was also my Dad's 86th birthday. …
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