Poor Me

Yikes!  That’s ugly!  Really disgusting.  Gross! I was resentful and grouchy.  How dare Husband be so optimistic?!  He kept telling our concerned family members that I was doing better.   But I was still miserable and I wanted others to know it.  I wanted sympathy and validation.   Whoa!  Since when is it someone else’s…

Other Centric

A tale of two doctors. The other day I saw two doctors.  The stark comparison gave me pause.  One doctor entered the room with a gentle presence that immediately calmed our fears.  He looked us in the eye, listened attentively, and treated us with kindness and respect.  His compassion spoke to deep parts of us….

Weeds

Husband was flat on his back in bed for two days.  He could only get up to hobble to the bathroom.  He even ate flat in bed.  He hurt his back weeding which is normally my job, but the thistles had gotten ahead of me and my hands were sore and swollen.   He stepped…

Leaving Comfort Behind

I like being at home in my own comfortable nest doing what I like to do when I want to do it.  It’s not that I want to lie around eating bon-bons.  I just like being busy doing what I choose.  How about you?  But what if that lifestyle makes us stagnant?  What if we’re…

Chilling Out

  Our refrigerator died.  We bought it less than three years ago for our new house that Husband built. Yes, there are several lawsuits against the manufacturer.  We aren’t the only ones.  But that doesn’t help us get a new refrigerator.  We realized our beautiful, shiny fridge wasn’t keeping the food cold at 5:05 pm on a…

Snuggles

Don’t you love it when a child hugs you, or snuggles up to you, or takes your hand?  It just feels so good to receive love from a little one.  We all have different comfort levels when it comes to showing affection in public, but the innocence of a child erases any awkwardness.  One of…