My view this morning! Please ignore my messy table – but don’t ignore the beauty of my flowers! My DH grows zinnias every summer just for the picking. He used to have a huge bed of them, but recent…
Read MoreA TIME TO END AND A TIME TO BEGIN
This is a strange week for me. It is the week that my unemployment checks end and it is the week that school starts for many. I have been a part of the beginning of school for the last 24…
Read MoreBORN GRATEFUL
Who among you was born grateful? I know I wasn’t. I was born demanding. I was born needy. I was born with some level of entitlement. And so were you. Don’t kid yourself. Don’t lie to the rest of us….
Read MoreA CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY
I just don’t learn my lesson. I tend to make the same mistakes over and over again. How about you? Do you learn or do you have to repeat the process until you get it right? Sigh…. I also am…
Read MoreOMPHALOSKEPSIS
When I was in seminary, eons ago, I remember one of the most hysterical statements I heard went something like this: “I am contemplating my finitude.” What the what? Who sits around contemplating their “finitude”? Crazy people, that is…
Read MoreWHAT FILLS YOU UP?
This week my day is starting out with a cold, steel cut oatmeal “parfait”. Let me say, I am not a fan of oatmeal…. I am a cream of wheat kind of gal. I can even do the instant cream…
Read MoreWHOSE LIFE IS IT ANYWAY?
There comes a time in this unemployment journey where I find myself wondering “whose life is this?”. This is not what I have prepared for, not what I have planned, not what I desire. It is easy to say…
Read MoreROLLER COASTERS PART II
As promised…. since my DH traumatized me on a roller coaster – I am telling on him…… People who have connections to the Wichita, KS area are very familiar with Joyland, a local Amusement Park. The park was a long…
Read MoreSCREAM OR ENJOY THE RIDE
Today calls for some laughter. Something to make us smile, to remind us that not everything is “that” serious. I know, I get caught all too often in the trap of fixing and worrying and complaining about the day to…
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