Forty-nine years ago this week my mother died. She was only 55 years old and I was 16. A few days ago Husband was asking me questions about the events around her death when the tears started flowing. (you can read more here.) I’m always shocked at the raw emotion I still have about her…
Category: Inspiration
True Love
Two heart-wrenching phone calls in one day. A marriage flying apart. An engagement languishing. We ache from a deep place inside. Sadness wants to swallow us up. We flounder in a pit of sorrow. Is there something we should do? How do we think about this? Did we contribute to these sad situations? Soul searching,…
Spring Check List
It doesn’t feel like Spring here. Cold rain and wind, freezing nights. But the daffodils are blooming and this week the willows leafed out and the plums blossomed. They apparently don’t pay attention to the rain and cold, they just do what they should do, no matter what. So even though I don’t feel like…
Dust to Dust
“I know what we can do. We’ll get more cats,” quips Husband-the-cat-‘hater’. I have to chuckle through my tears. Another crisis, but we’ll live through it still married. Sanding dust covers everything. The plywood base for countertops was perfectly cut and attached to the new base cabinets, then puttied and sanded. The sanding dust hangs…
Work, work, work
I just got the floor mopped when the cat walked in with muddy feet. I’m trying to illustrate my blog, but the photo software glitches. I invested years in a business that was a financial failure. What if our best efforts bring disappointing results? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about work. That may sound…
Eden
This week I read an intriguing article about a man called the “lion whisperer”. A photo portrayed the man peacefully walking in the African bush accompanied by two lions at his side. If you’re like me, you’d say, “Awww. I wish I could do that!” So why is it that we’re drawn to the peaceful…