Everything we need to live a happy life is here. It’s all here. We need to pay attention and watch for signs. You know those gut feelings or weird sensations nudging you to do something? I’ve gotten those feelings many times before. And most of the time, I didn’t heed the warnings or follow the […]
I remember when I was a kid, during a family dinner when my mother had put her hand out and wanted us to kiss it for doing such an excellent job on the meal she cooked. I’m sure she was kidding around, but it got me thinking. Maybe she did that because she felt underappreciated. […]
I’m not sure which is correct. Was I raised as a Catholic, or did I grow up Catholic? I chose to write about this topic because the idea came to me when I woke. Before I went to bed, I prayed and asked God to give me another idea for a blog, and here it […]
While in a waiting room recently, I saw a promotional program on the television about a man who had surgery on his head. The former patient boasted that the doctor went into the wrinkle on his forehead, and he didn’t have a scar because of it. The gears started moving in my head, and this […]
As a teenager, I had a dog named Misty. She was a beautiful Weimaraner. I think my oldest brother brought her home as a puppy to be trained as a bird-hunting dog. He built a “pen” for her in the backyard with a wooden doghouse and a concrete pad, maybe an eight to ten-foot area […]
If you read my other blogs, Tyrannosaurus Rex is in the House! or It’s Not Good Grief, Charlie Brown! this is a continuation. I’ve recently had this mind-altering experience where I can finally process everything I’ve been through up to this point. And let me tell you, it’s been so painful but necessary. I can […]
Grief. Everyone deals with it at some point in their lives, and there are many different types of grief, some we may not even realize as grief. We know that losing someone close to us causes grief, but what about other things like losing your job or getting hurt and losing your physical ability to […]
Here I sit now and let it all out. I have kept myself hidden all my life because of shame and the belief that I was not good enough. As I type this, my leg is shaking, and I’m nervous about writing any of this. I will have apprehension and doubts and probably want to […]
I don’t want to be one of those people who speak about the “good old days,” but in this situation, I think it applies. What I mean by the “good old days” is a time in our lives when we spoke to people either face to face or over the telephone. In both instances, we […]
Do you remember when we were kids and made our Christmas list weeks before Christmas or were out of school for the summer? Time seemed to last forever. It did for me. I wondered why, as an adult, I feel like time moves so quickly. I had to find out why. The first thing […]