Happy Friday. Favorites of the week? Kind of hard to say, because it’s been a somewhat unpleasant week. Daughter Allie has been, and continues to be sick. In the last week or so, we’ve visited a dermatologist, a family practitioner and a dentist. I’ve been to the pharmacy twice. I return to the dentist on … More Flapjack Friday Faves [05.30]
A small feat. A challenge only realized privately. No one has to know. Chances are no one except very few would appreciate. All the same, I managed it. Without forethought. Without fear. Accomplishment? Maybe not. Yet maybe. The words echo in my brain. I go to seek a great perhaps. Thank you Francois Rabelais via … More seeking the perhaps
It’s 3 day weekend time! Yay. What am I reading? Well, I’m caught up once again in YA lit. That’s Young Adult for the unaware. Why do I, a middle aged woman, read YA lit? Mainly because of my daughter, who fits the age demographic. It gives us something to talk about. Plus, I enjoy the … More Flapjack Friday Faves [05.23]
A while back my daughter and I decided to stop using home cleaning products with chemicals. At least as much as possible for us. So, when we ran out of bathroom and toilet bowl cleaners, we purchased a large bottle of vinegar, Murphy’s Oil Soap and Borax. Now I mix up our own cleaners, avoiding … More toxic
It’s once again……….FRIDAY! Yay. In my pledge to keep the Flapjack Friday Faves comin’, here’s the latest… I am fortunate in the fact my kids love to read. Alexandre Dumas to John Green. Dostoyevsky to Veronica Roth. And lots in between. So it saddens me that perhaps not as many young people are reading anymore: … More Flapjack Friday Faves [05.16]
I’ve come to realize there is a next day. When you’re in a struggle, it can seem that you’re barely surviving today. It is nearly impossible to comprehend that there is anything beyond nightfall. That the sun actually comes up the next morning is a surprise. At the very best, it’s day to day. One … More the next day
I wrote the following as a Mother’s Day gift to my own mother: Mother to daughter. Lessons taught. Words of wisdom – life is what you make it. I thought I was past the lessons. Old enough. Steady. Then one day, no. What I thought, wasn’t. I needed friends, and thankfully they were there. … More mother to daughter
I just realized I haven’t entered a Flapjack Friday Faves since April 11. Hard to believe, yet true. So, I begin this entry with an earnest wish to be more faithful regarding my FFFs and blogging in general. These last few weeks have involved some firsts for me. For example, I’d never been bitten by … More Flapjack Friday Faves [05.09]
I filed it in the safe. Do most people have alphabetized file folders in their safe? First I cleaned it. Then I placed it in an envelope. I sealed it. Then I filed it at what I considered the appropriate place. Maybe I should have handled it more ceremoniously. I was alone. I didn’t give … More filed away
I found myself pleased with a realization. As I left the cathedral yesterday morning, the place I’ve been worshiping these last few months, I found myself to be happy. While I realize one should, under good and normal circumstances leave one’s place of worship in a cheerful mood, I have had a dark shadow fall … More I found myself
Upon a Sunny Day 