I saw this on Instagram sometime ago and I saved it, mostly because at the time I saw it, it served as confirmation to me that I was not completely losing my mind and that perhaps, maybe, I was evolving. That is the thing about life, we never really know…

Um, that doesn’t work. My daughter has been sick all week and I have spent a lot of time with her. I really did believe, for a moment anyway, that I could just will any illness away from me. It is a famous line in my family: “I am not…

I am ashamed to admit how much of my life I glided through without really making contact. I didn’t touch anyone, they didn’t really touch me. Oh, they pissed me off a great deal. But they did not really touch me, because I was untouchable. Now that seems like a…

I was walking yesterday through my neighborhood as is my newer habit. Every morning the dog and I take a stroll through the neighborhood. While I miss the trails, it is nice to wander about in the hood, seeing new things: people walking their dogs, people adding onto their homes…

I did something yesterday on Facebook, that I haven’t done but one other time…changed my relationship status. I changed my status from married to single once upon a time…but regardless of my relationships status since, I have never changed my single state until yesterday. Now it would be great if…

Are there such things? Really? People in your life that are meant to be there forever? Parents? Kids? Friends? Forever is a long time. It seems we move much more quickly in the time and direction of temporary. When I look back at the past, I feel that permanency was…

You know what I am talking about, the stuff that your head tells you is gospel, but in reality it isn’t. And you know that what you are seeing in your mind, is only loosely based in reality but fuck if it doesn’t feel and look real. I was talking…

I know, it is usually called Indian summer, but I did some research and that is now considered racist and offensive. I have no desire to propagate anything that makes anyone feel less than…so I am adopting the above term to describe what is now my most favorite time of…

Not wearing pants. No I am not kidding. This is my current belief system. And I am holding fast to it. I was talking with a friend this morning, she is on the East Coast so we have early morning convos sometimes. And we exchange gratitude lists every day, and…