My Filter has Slipped!
As my life has progressed I have come to have a different perspective. There is less tolerance in general and a sense of impatience that although I always had, seems to have morphed. I seem
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Living with Dying.
Living with Dying I’ve had a lot of time to think about dying. I experienced death at the early age of 5 with the loss of my first dog, then at 11 with my dad’s
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Tightening my Lips for Lent
When did a nice catholic girl educated in parochial schools start cursing? I believe it began after raising a child, being a caregiver for multiple family members, nine surgeries, and 62,000 miles on the body
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Harnessed and Tethered
Because of cellulites infections and lymphedema due to breast cancer and sleep apnea; I wear a compression garment on my torso and a C-Pap machine at night. Picture the Sesame Street character, Snufflelupagus wearing a
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Return to Sender
It’s that time of year when Thad and I send out Christmas cards with a one page letter highlighting the year’s events. Our criteria for selection are those people who impacted our lives in the
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Gifts that Come and Go
Have you ever notice that as we age some of our gifts and talents fade, rust, and just plain disappear? If you haven’t then you are not as old as I am. I used
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Hope for the Hopeless
Recently a longtime acquaintance saw me and was so surprise that I had lost weight that she couldn’t seem to be happy for me. Her surprise seemed to over shadow her ability to believe that
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Faithful Friend or Political Foe?
With so much rancor, frustration, fear, and just plain nastiness this presidential election brought forth, I was determined not to post anything on Facebook or write a blog post that would worsen an already volatile
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Are You Ever Cured?
There is a debate as to whether one can ever be cured of an addiction. Some say once you have changed the behavior for a long period of time you are cured. Others believe that
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What Hurricane Matthew Taught Me
It’s been eleven years since the last hurricane came breathing down the coast of Florida and I was a little rusty.
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The Human Historical Vehicle
I was sitting at a stop light next to a Volkswagen Westphalia and its tag reads: Historical Vehicle. What? It’s not that old! Is it? Made in the early 1950’s until 2003, the Westphalia was
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Seeing the Beauty and Not the Beast in Life
I was walking my usual exercise route when one of my neighbors who I had not seen in a while came out of her house. She stopped abruptly and took a double take and said:
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