Photo by Danila Hamsterman on Unsplash Isn’t it wild, the way that they just drop a full extra day into our year without discussion or permission? It’s kind of like having the audacity to bring your kid’s best friend to the baby sitter for the day as if it’s nothing. I mean, it’s not even an alternating extraContinue reading “Take a Leap, Year”
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Selfie-less
Photo Credit: Chillee Vaivaka – street photographer. I have spent a number of hours in the last two days watching every video and looking at every photograph on @dino.serrao ‘s account on Instagram. If you somehow haven’t seen them yet, go there now. I am late to the party as well as apparently he hasContinue reading “Selfie-less”
Happy New Day
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash I hate New Year’s Eve. I’m just going to say it. So excessive. Last year I could barely face it because I had lost someone I really loved and it meant that I was heading into a new year in which that dear person would never live. 2023 was the first yearContinue reading “Happy New Day”
120 Degrees
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash There was nothing perfect about that first Christmas except that it was a perfect storm of obligation, lack of planning, overcrowding, bad timing and taxation. I mean, if you don’t count the miracles. And yet, we remember that imperfectly perfect Christmas. The one that started it all. And we chase the elusivenessContinue reading “120 Degrees”
Thanksgivingologist
I’m a traditionalist. So I love holidays and gatherings and special occasion food and doing certain things because that’s the way my mom always did. But, I’m not such a conformist that our circle and our celebrations haven’t widened and changed as we have added new family, adjusted to schedules and adopted new customs thatContinue reading “Thanksgivingologist”
Is it Bright in Here, or is it Just Me?
Tunnels. Do you hold your breath? Close your eyes? Or do you focus solely on the darkness, waiting to see the light at the end? It seems that life is a collection of processes. Everything that happens, everything we do or accomplish, everything we learn, both the hard, worthwhile things and the good, joyful things,Continue reading “Is it Bright in Here, or is it Just Me?”
Dude
Besides WTH I am not sure how exactly to sum up 2020. This year has been intense, and I don’t think it is done with us yet. I’ve been looking for the optimism I usually ride into a new year on, but it seems a little elusive right now. The term “ankle busters” is aContinue reading “Dude”
Hold Fast
Prove all things, hold fast that which is good. 1Thessalonians 5:21 A few years ago I became aware of the concept of choosing a word at the beginning of a year, something that would guide and represent your intentions as you began living 365 new days. I take this task very seriously and give itContinue reading “Hold Fast”
Every Piece
I have worked as a healthcare worker for over 36 years now, in various jobs and departments. The other day Facebook reminded me of the following incident. I answered the phone at work identifying the hospital and department and gave my name. The person on the other end of the phone said to me, AreContinue reading “Every Piece”
Roll the Stone Away
“as the essence of courage is to stake one’s life on a possibility, so the essence of faith is to believe that the possibility exists.” William Salter Until today, I have never given too much thought to the Saturday of Easter weekend. In Christian traditions all the weight is on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.Continue reading “Roll the Stone Away”
Something to Shay 