friendships
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A girlfriend from my early 20’s posted this on Facebook this morning. As I was responding to her, I was thinking about friendships. Today is the birthday of a friend who no longer circulates with me in the physical world because he passed on 11 years ago. He’s the kind of friend that still visits Read more
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Being vulnerable is not a sign of weakness or the enduring fear that there is something wrong with me. Allowing authenticity and vulnerability to surface is actually an indication of knowing who I am and making no apologies for who I am. In fact, by being authentic, I save myself that inner discomfort that someone 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
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That needle in a haystack…that feeling of loneliness that is like a thread with no knot that pulls through the eye of the needle? I can’t really say I never recognized the loneliness…I know it has always been there but I’ve always given it a different name and excuse…but today, TODAY I had one of Read more
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I assume everyone who has lost a beloved will find truth to these words to some degree…depending on our spiritual beliefs or organized religious domestication…when someone transitions from life to death, we feel them in our sorrow….we miss them… I know some of us remember and mourn the loss of the relationship and how they Read more
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In September of 2007, I started a blog on Xanga and used the moniker, Ninasusan. My old friend Jeff aka Ground Hog (ghog) brought me to the table. I had no idea how that decision would change my life. Somehow in the huge blogesphere a blog written by a woman named Tracy caught my attention. Read more
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He and I have known each other since the early 70’s. I have no idea what really connected us back in church youth group…I, at one time, thought maybe it was because we are both only children…but, I don’t know…it’s deeper than that. We never had any of the boy/girl type complication although there was a Read more
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https://welcometodementialand.wordpress.com/ I have shared a couple of these blogs on my page recently. Actually I can’t remember now how I found her wordpress page…she has a wonderful take on dementia and alzheimers and should be a regular read for anyone who is living with someone with the disease. I have a 6 degrees of separation Read more
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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
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There are few things that can cement a friendship for me faster than someone who can totally let loose with a belly laugh. Especially women. The belly laugh of two women in downtown Kansas City today still rings in my ears and brings a smiling memory to my face. It was mother-in-law day – the Read more
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