Category: gratitude
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August One Word: Trust & the Penguitorium
I am a little behind… But that’s okay. Sometimes, life happens. Gone are my days of stressing myself over it. I also decided I was handling this all wrong. I should write only about the words that spark interest or passion in me. It doesn’t have to be daily, and why assign an exact date…
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August 6 One Word: Success
When I saw this word on the list, I thought “Oh great,” <insert eye roll>. Defining success for someone is hard when you’re not sure yourself. Do you cover financial success? Job? Life? Marriage? What kind of success do you look at and how do you talk about it? And then it fell in my…
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August 5 One Word: Joy
Joy. It isn’t something I’ve felt a lot of lately. There are several reasons as to why… And I am trying to find my joy again but I know there are a few things I probably need to deal with first. What has brought me joy? Well, I just ate a couple of really good…
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You’re studying what?
Last September, I started on a journey… But it started in May, really. I decided to sign up to train to be a… Yoga instructor. A what? Yes, a yoga instructor. But… but… You’re disabled! Why, thank you for noticing. My Mom loved yoga. She did yoga when I was a kid. I attribute my…
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The Mom shaped hole
It is Mother’s Day. Many have sent me their thoughts and well wishes as this is the ‘first’ Mother’s Day without Mom – a day that is evidently harder than most. Except that it isn’t. Not really. Friday was worse. Friday was my sister’s birthday. We went for lunch. Without Mom. We had coffee and…
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Happy 18th to my favourite TroubleMaker
My son is celebrating his 18th birthday today. On this day, 18 years ago, at this time (11ishpm), my husband had gone home for the night, and I was alone with our son. I had been fighting a terrible cold! When we arrived that morning at the hospital, I had gone in to be induced…
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What you feel when you look up at the sky
I grew up in the country. Away from the city lights. Away from the light pollution. Where the sky rolls on for miles and the stars shine brightly at night. Constellations were easily seen and the Northern Lights were a pretty routine occurrence. The sky never made me feel small. Except for when we were…
The Voices In My Head 