Category: journalling
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“What if it is her last…”
The firsts. But not the good kind of “firsts”. The firsts that come after someone dies. First birthdays, Christmas. Anniversaries. Everything feels so empty and hollow. No one really knows what to say or how to feel. Much like having kids, there isn’t really a book on how to deal with all of this (there…
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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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August 4 One Word: Change
Have you ever wondered why everyone seems to dislike change so much? I am sure if I checked, there have been studies done on it. Maybe it is hardwired into us from our days as cavemen, maybe it is as simple as change has a tendency to bring about things that are unpleasant. Change can…
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Figuring out what ‘better’ means
It has been almost two weeks since I posted about my plan to spend July listening to my body. Ask me how I am doing? Not great. I spent the other night agonizing a repeat trip the Emergency Room. I’d fallen out of sync with pain management, and I couldn’t find a comfortable way to…
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My 52nd Year!
Today is my birthday. It has been a good day. My morning started with coffee, an oracle reading, and I met a friend for coffee and a chat. I looked and felt good, despite only sleeping a couple hours because of lingering pain from the issues from my lungs. I looked over my post from…
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Best laid plans & a bad back
I decided a few days ago, as I looked at four unpublished posts, that perhaps I’d start another writing challenge in July to motivate myself back into writing & publishing here again. As I declared to my sister “I am in a funk” and needed something to kick start myself. However, life had other plans.…
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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…
The Voices In My Head 