image: beachfinder.orgFeeling my little guy's body shudder with sleep as he cuddles next to me, I consider something said to me recently - that I make things look easy. The manner in which I navigate through life somehow gave the impression that I don't struggle, that I don't sometimes feel the waves threaten to swamp … Continue reading Life’s a bitch beach
Category: aging
I can see clearly now the rain has gone
image: http://phoenixlasiksurgeon.orgNo, literally. I have new glasses and an intense rain shower just moved furiously through the DelSo. Things look different, both sharpened and softened somehow, and I feel as if I am seeing my surroundings with new eyes. These two events got me to thinking about my vision over the years, recalling when I … Continue reading I can see clearly now the rain has gone
Commencement – a beginning or start
So, that's my natural hair color!The word commencement is an odd one. While it is defined as a beginning or start, it clearly is most often used to describe a ceremony which acknowledges the end of something. Seems that endings and beginnings can get all sorts of mixed up, huh?Almost exactly 20 years ago, I received my college … Continue reading Commencement – a beginning or start
Very nice, funny and huggable
image: http://www.prlog.orgAt least that's how my youngest described me in this year's utterly precious Mother's Day card. Yep, it's a keeper. This was my 16th Mother's Day and it contained both poignant and annoying moments. Kind of like motherhood, in general, I guess. Quinn gave me a marigold, Griffin gave me a song and dance … Continue reading Very nice, funny and huggable
Light(en) up
image: edia.treehugger.comAfter a day booked so full of errands and chores that the only thing I didn't schedule was time to breath, I took a long run tonight. There were moments when I knew I needed to take a break and walk, but I didn't. The route I took was a new one to me … Continue reading Light(en) up
May Day
image: http://s3-media4.ak.yelpcdn.comIn Germany, where my mother comes from, May 1st is a holiday. There are flowers and Maypole dancing and tree planting ceremonies on this day which celebrates spring's midway point. It is a sweet, sweet day, reminiscent of a more simple time. My mother, the third of fifteen children, never really celebrated her own … Continue reading May Day
Let’s see about the go see
It has been a very odd week. And I'm not complaining. Did you know that in the not too distant past I thought every day of my life was going to be the same as yesterday? I had a sad, sad feeling that the next 30 years of my life were going to be coasting … Continue reading Let’s see about the go see
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