Many of you are looking for a specific letter for ideas to help you write to someone you love. You are welcome to take what you need from this site for your personal use. But here’s the deal. You can do it yourself. Go to the top of the main blog page or click here […]
Family Secrets
October 8, 2019 by 2 Comments
I don’t believe in family secrets. They cause undue stress, give nasty surprises and keep us from learning lessons that we could all share. Yet it’s difficult to know how deal with when they are brought into the light. Do they require action? Are we to be involved? If there are differences, are we to […]
Bad Day
September 29, 2019 by Leave a Comment
I found this draft from November, 22, 2017, as I was doing some housekeeping on my blog. I don’t remember writing it, specifically, but it shows me I am not as happy-go-lucky as I often think. * * * In the hospital I woke up one Saturday and was having breakfast in my corner window […]
Letting Go
September 16, 2019 by 2 Comments
Who hurt you, once, so far beyond repair that you would meet each overture with curling lip? While we, who knew you well, your friends, (the focus of your scorn) could see your courage in the face of fear, your wit, and thoughtfulness, and will remember you with something close to love. Marylyn Plessner Maybe […]
A Generation Between
September 8, 2019 by 4 Comments
I wrote this many years ago…and it is still so true. Dear Children, It comes down to the difference between parenting and grandparenting. Without blaming myself as a parent, I understand the difficulties of parenting: showing love versus giving guidance; giving direction without giving orders; teaching values without imposing ideology. When you were born I […]
Time for a Change!
September 3, 2019 by 4 Comments
“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.” Annie Dillard Periodically, through my life I have found myself restless and discontented to the point that I pay attention. I do this every few years – Reevaluate my life because I suddenly feel as if I am living by rote. […]
Muy Raro…y ahora se fue!
June 30, 2019 by 2 Comments
Herb was a huge part of my life. His death closes the door to the past but has opened the floodgate for many memories to rush in. I visited him a few times in his last weeks. Beneath the memory loss and extreme illness he was himself. He had a spark that I remembered. I […]
Life is Good – Not a Struggle
June 18, 2019 by 4 Comments
This is my year to be hung up on my stroke, I guess. It’s my second year and reality has definitely set in. One morning while getting ready for water aerobics I pondered the struggle of get to the YMCA and into the pool. Then I thought, “Well, $*!@, it’s not ever really going to […]
On the Water Again
May 27, 2019 by 2 Comments
Rowing was the coolest and most unlikely thing I did in my 60’s. I surprised myself by loving it. To the chagrin of my coach i was often swept away by the stillness of the lake in the early mornings or the beauty of the mist shrouding the mountains. My focus didn’t make me a […]
A Blessing of Mothers
May 12, 2019 by 5 Comments
Reprinted from May 7, 2016 I’m the lucky one. I have had mothering and mentoring from at least four wonderful women. They mutually excelled one another in the gifts they have given me. When I read my past post about Mother, I feel as if I have said most of it. I learned to appreciate […]
