These last few months I have been reminded repeatedly of the impermanence of life…and everything in it. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Accepting impermanence makes every moment more precious, every experience more noteworthy. What if we treated each encounter with another living being as if it would be our last contact? What if…
Yesterday we laid my sweet mother-in-law to rest. I’ve mentioned a few times in this blog how much I love her and how lucky I am to have won the in-law lottery when I married Larry. In addition to an amazing husband, I got the whole big wonderful family. I feel so blessed to have…
Life is full of surprises…from small things like a ladybug landing on your arm to jarring things like a 5.7 earthquake…from pleasant things like a visit from an old friend to disagreeable things like a flat tire. One thing is for certain…life is more enjoyable when you learn to expect the unexpected…go with the flow…hang…
It’s been seven weeks since I told you my month of R&R had come to an end and nearly four weeks since we completed our long-awaited trip to Alaska. I’m feeling a little restless…unsettled. Like there is something I should be doing, but I’m not sure what it is. There’s that word “should” again. No…
My mother-in-law turned 95 this summer. She has seen and done a lot during those years. She raised three children, was a dedicated military wife, managed a bank branch, golfed, made friends she still has today… Of course, that is just the tip of the iceberg…a small sampling of what she has experienced in her…
Six years ago, I shared some confessions with you. I decided it would be fun…for me at least, and I hope for you too…to relook at those confessions and see if anything has changed. Here is the original content with the updates in bold: I have a confession to make. Well, actually I have several….
Evidently, the third time really is the charm. After two failed attempts (thanks to COVID), we finally fulfilled Mom’s request to scatter her ashes in Fairbanks, Alaska…to return her to her beloved after 63 years apart. I hope to have a novel inspired by her amazing life to share with you in the near future,…
Whether you blog on a schedule or when inspiration hits…whether you have a narrow niche or a more general theme…when you sit down to write a post, how do you decide what to write about? Sometimes I sit down at the computer knowing exactly what I want to write about. Other times, I’m not so…
I can hardly believe it’s been a month since I stepped out of the office and into retirement. (It seems a lot of my posts begin with a comment on how time flies. If you are interested in the perception of time going faster, check this out.) Anyway, what was I saying? Ah, yes…it has…
June gave me so much for which to be grateful, I hope you will bear with me for this longer post…it is mostly photos, if that helps! Thank you Betty… …for 95 years of life…for the joy, the lessons, the love, and just for being you. Thank you everyone who celebrated this momentous occasion with…
