October 9, 2011 – 10:24 pm
My blog post for September 5, 2009: “With the first week of the Fall Semester behind me…the groundwork set for the new counseling year…Sam’s high school curriculum in place…I still feel a tad bit overwhelmed but I am looking forward to the loooooonnnng weekend to bring what I can back into a manageable state…so I [...]
Although I began to embark on this midlife journey of changes last year, it seems to have been accelerated in part due to my father’s death. As with any loss a re-evaluation of priorities takes place. Some we act on immediately, some we place on the back burner and work our way through the emotional [...]
…when I hear my father’s voice, feel his presence, or smell his cigar. Although I have many memories of my father, my most blessed are folded deep within the moments of the last week of his life. Holding his hand and rubbing it softly as he slept and kissing his cheek so soft with age [...]
Here are some chapter titles from the series “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff”….who needs to read all the books….just put the titles on post-it-notes and paste to your bathroom mirror and you will be good to go…you can throw that can of Arrid Extra Dry into the trash (it’s depleting the ozone layer anyway): Make [...]
January 1, 2011 – 2:21 pm
Around about October I began thinking about changes I would like to see in the coming year. It was when all the “trimmings” (not just the tangible ones but the warm and fuzzy feel good acts of kindness)for the upcoming holiday season began making their appearance in the stores, in the media, and on and [...]
December 20, 2010 – 9:07 pm
As you may have noticed I changed my blog name to “The Writing Life”. This creative move is much like sharpening one’s pencils and purchasing a ream of yet unblemished paper….then commencing to staring at it until inspiration grabs ahold….and the trash can (now called the ‘recycle bin’) overflows. Yet, I am determined that I [...]
A more wonderful and satisfying day I could not have imagined. That was my birthday. A day of total selfishness. And selfish I was. I enjoyed breakfast with a treasured friend, spent some of my birthday money on Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible, worked in my back garden and added a few 70% [...]
I can no longer cope with the feelings of being inadequate..not to mention the anxiety… when it comes to my “To Be Read” pile of books…..so off they go to the local lending library….well at least 18 so far. Which ones did I keep??? My classics of course (just knowing they are there waiting brings [...]
