My 2022 resolutions were to recover and seek joy, and I’m doing fairly well. On average, however, I still have a “down” day about once a week. A day that I either have zero motivation to get off the couch, or a really high water table and I’m just weepy. To be expected as the…
Category: Grief
It’s Okay to Be Okay
Well, it’s been just over a month since Chris died, and for the most part, the girls and I are doing well. Sure, we have each had a rough day here and there, but we’ve learned to just lean into the mood, sleep it off, and generally feel better the next day. Life was so…
Fueling the Universe
Seems fitting that the first post here since my mother’s death is about kindness. It’s just been on my mind lately with so much negativity in the news. Here’s the thing about kindness. I’m convinced it’s a force that is always out there, an ingredient in a healthy universe swirling above and between us all, and…
5 Reasons Vinyl Still Rocks
It’s a social experience. You don’t typically sit around and listen to the radio, or even CDs with your friends. Records, however, invite you to sit and look at the album artwork, or read the liner notes, or even better, read the song lyrics. (I realize many CDs have song lyrics, but I’d need a magnifying glass to actually read them.) Sometimes we dance together, or sometimes we sing.
Who Are You? Life After Toddlerhood
How do you figure out who you are after the war? You see this happen all the time when people are older and their kids go off to college, but I think the identity crisis starts much sooner than that. Most women transition fine, but there are certainly those who appear lost for a while.