Ninasusan

Happiness gently landed on my shoulders

April 2015

  • This is the kind of week I hope for all year…I don’t want to waste it!

    It’s cool in the shade.  The sky is a brilliant blue.  The lawn is dappled with the sun shining thru the leaves of the trees.  The sun warms the skin.  it’s not too hot or too cold.  Humidity is low.  You might need a sweatshirt in the evening.  It’s perfect.  ……and the whole week is Read more

  • Are people just not curious or do they just not care?

    I had a dream last night that I inadvertently ran into a group of girls I went to high school with…they were all friends with each other – I was on the fringe..we went to a mall of restaurants.  The old friend that i probably knew the best seemed to want to catch up with me so Read more

  • Losing a picc line

    CT scan Wednesday was the best one yet…diverticulitis has cleared – lets get that picc line out and schedule the kidney surgery!  June 9th has been penciled in for the removal of the left kidney.  When cancer has invaded your body and hangs there in the back of your mind, it seems like a long Read more

  • The simple fact – rainy days depress me

    Always have – probably always will.  I have several friends – one of which I’m married to – who say…ahhhh I love rain.  I love a rainy day…Oh, I like to drive in the rain…there is nothing better than sleeping on a rainy day.  I have a people pleaser face and am able to disguise Read more

  • I thought I would be called Grandma….

    I didn’t even really think about what my grandson was going to call me…I just assumed Grandma…that’s what I called mine and that is what my girls called theirs.  Brenda aka Granny brought it up when Jenny was pregnant.  She said she really wanted to be called Granny because of the previous Grannys in her Read more

  • I’m feeling it…

    I took 3 walks today…not long ones…just long enough..I wanted to be out there moving, feeling the sun, feeling the breeze, feeling alive…just feeling! Neighbor, Robbien came home with handfuls of lilacs today and she remembered me…Robbien…if you are reading this, I hope you know how much happiness you deliver! Exactly catty-corner across the pond Read more

  • It was a really pleasant Monday….

    Angie – “my” nurse from Dr B’s office was my first conversation this morning – she called to tell me my blood tests from Friday all look excellent.  I’m actually feeling a little depressed and nauseated tonight and I know it is all mental.  I feel like I’m coming to the end of this diverticulitis Read more

  • The real reason that we should not worry about tomorrow….

    It’s been a long process from the days when I panicked because I didn’t have something on my mind to worry about – to where I’m starting to find some peace…the kind of peace that begins the day with It’s a beautiful day, what am I going to enjoy today.  Okay…that may be a little Read more