Happy last day of February, the year’s shortest month. And speaking of happy……… I recently created a Spotify playlist. I named it Happy 2. Why 2, you might ask? Well, simply because I already had a Happy. At this point though, some of the songs under Happy do not make me happy. So, I started … More Flapjack Friday Faves [02.28]
Despite circumstances and bank statements. Feelings and loss. God provides. When it’s dark. When it doesn’t make sense. When I am alone at 3am. God makes a way. The sun comes up. People offer love and prayers. Hope still abounds. Nonsense is not a part of a successful operation. Nonsense is not a building block. … More nonsense is not
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour’d upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. An excerpt from Shakespeare’s Richard III. The Winter of Our Discontent. The title of the last novel written by John Steinbeck. A phrase … More winter of my discontent
There’s the proverbial, One day you wake up and everything is different. For me, it’s more like, One day I drove home and nothing was the same. Tonight no one I’ve shared the house with the last years of my life will come home. I am alone with CJ the beagle. My son is at … More charting the unexpected
Happy Friday and happy midway through February! The month is now half over. Which is good news if you’re a lover of Spring. Which I am. [yay!] I actually made cinnamon roll flapjacks for my kids this morning. In honor of son Jamie being home from college. And in honor of a holiday I’m not … More Flapjack Friday Faves [02.14]
Where I’m going is not necessarily up to me. Unless. Unless I disregard the good of all others but myself. Then I can decide. I’ve always wondered why everyone doesn’t live in San Diego. It was six degrees in my town this morning. Why would I choose to be here? I am a warm weather … More where?
This morning my daughter and I celebrated the recent news of her foreign exchange placement. She is going to the Czech Republic next school year. She is excited and relieved to finally know where she’ll spend her year abroad, as am I and the rest of our family. We had croissants at National Boulangerie, a … More celebration in the midst
I think after a person feels a certain way for so long, she eventually has to tell herself to stop. Or at least she has to try to stop. You can only run so far in one direction, right? Eventually you’ve got to turn around and head home. But at the moment I convince myself … More crazed and confused
Most reasonable people would agree, I’d say, that it’s good to be thankful. And listing out what I’m thankful for is generally a helpful exercise. When faced with a struggle, it can be difficult, I’ve found, to recall all I have to be grateful about. I’m making myself realize the beauty of this season, despite … More thanks for the laughter and more
I’ve found there are people passionate about The Beatles. And there are those that simply don’t get the iconic-ness. When my daughter mentions that some compare One Direction with The Beatles…..I cringe. But this post is not really about the Fab Four. The reason I mention them is their song, All You Need Is Love, … More love {aka all you need}
Upon a Sunny Day 