The Year of BUILDING MUSCLES Building COGNITIVE muscles to learn how to face life head-on without resorting to all the different sorts of ways that I numb and avoid. Building MENTAL and EMOTIONAL muscles to be present during the day, even …
The post where I make both the best and worst decision I’ve made in a long time.
A few evenings ago, just before 9pm, I completed my 50th trip around the sun and started my 51st. I am now officially IN my fifties, rather than just 50. And can I just say, the …
About this time, I go back to see what New Year’s resolutions I made for the year, pull out the scorecard and see how I did. Anyone who has been around these parts for a while knows …
Last year in this space, I talked about how Thanksgiving was going to be so different — our first holiday as a family since my brother Jim passed away. I thought then — hopefully, perhaps …
I had such high hopes for 2019! I rode from 2018 into 2019 like a chick in a new sports car, windows down, enjoying tunes – confidence and self-assuredness oozing from my pores. And to be …
Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays — all the great food of Christmas without all the hassle of buying gifts and wrapping presents, AND there’s football on TV. Does life get any …
Notice anything? Perhaps a small skip in days? It’s funny how life steamrolls a person occasionally. First, it was a book that NEEDED to be finished. I was neck-deep and knew I couldn’t go to …
This morning, I headed out to run a short errand and was passing the gas station when I decided, no, I’ll keep going and fill up the gas tank on my way back home. About …
