August 2020
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Being brought up in a “heavy handed” discipline environment, I learned my lessons well. I have grown out of the need to berate my parent(s)for their personal rules of discipline. They were teaching me the way they were taught and perhaps with a little mental illness in the mix. With that being said, I think Read more
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I tell you that if the overcast skies prohibit shining sun today, I’m just going to fake it. I actually come from gratitude that we are receiving an abundance of rain during this late summer month…so there’s that. I’m watching him outside mowing right now…its mid morning and he just stopped to wipe sweat from Read more
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Do you want to keep this box? I gave him the look that had only previously been used when I learned that he had discarded the lids to my stash of cool whip containers. The only reason he asks now has to do with a very traumatic event (for him) which happened last year. I Read more
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As morning broke with the sunrise, it took awhile for the full sun to rise over the cloud bank. The beams of sunlight edging the clouds was more beautiful each time I looked out the window until the majesty of the sun was a bright, blinding orb. I took some deep breaths of gratitude for Read more
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This afternoon I received a phone call from a number I didn’t recognize… normally I wouldn’t answer but today I did…. It was a phone call from Bill….we were classmates elementary through high school. We have not see each other for 45+ years although years ago we became friends on Facebook and his posts about Read more
