So much to be thankful for

So much to be thankful for

We sat around the two Thanksgiving tables; we no longer fit around one. It’s my (tiny) immediate family plus my husband’s immediate (plus some) family, who, perhaps needless to say, have all become my immediate family as well. I’m never sure who will start the process...
Find a thought that feels a little better

Find a thought that feels a little better

It’s been a tough time. And as much as that sucks, that’s okay. That is what is. What I’ve learned – what I know – is that I have to find the way to get up and get going, and the best way for me to do that is to find a thought that feels a little better. Whether I’m...
How did I turn out so okay?

How did I turn out so okay?

“I don’t know,” my therapist said to me in one of my last sessions from this time of working with her, “I don’t know how you were so functional when you first showed up in my office.” Shout it from the mountaintops; hide it so that no one knows. That is the dichotomy...
I’m coming up for air…

I’m coming up for air…

A friend texted me today. “Everything ok?” she asked. “No posts for a few days and I got worried for a minute I fell off your list.” I just couldn’t post last week. I didn’t know what to say. I don’t want to get political, but I was hit hard by this election. I won’t...
Accept the perfection that is you

Accept the perfection that is you

I must have heard this somewhere. I don’t remember where. And yet, it’s a beautiful reminder. For us all. I look through the journals with daily readings my daughter has made for me. More of them than I care to admit remind me to slow down and know that enough is...