I have to hop on here and say something. This world, and in this case, this country, is crazy. Here are a few examples: A woman walks into her neighbor's apartment and kills him, but only gets 10 years prison sentence. Note: murderer is white, victim is black. Judge hugged murderer after the sentencing. Hugged …
Why Do I Care?
I've been asked this question so many times over my adulthood. It's typically in response to outrage over injustice or unethical behavior. My first response used to be if I don't who will? Now I want to ask - why don't you care? One of the most common things I see on social media is …
Its a Milestone
When one hears the term "milestone" you think important, big, notable. Birthdays are one of the most common things to have the term milestone associated with it. I happen to be coming up on one such milestone - 50. AARP membership information has already shown up in my mailbox. It seems the grey hair is …
How to Survive the 2020 Election
Already the 2020 election has more candidates than grass at a golf course. Social media is a complete mash of slings and barbs being thrown out all over the place. People are viciously attacking each other and the candidates. Two things are evident: 1) this country is horribly divided beyond just republican vs democrat; and …
It’s Going to be a Gorgeous Day!
On my drive into work this morning, I had the local news radio station playing. I typically listen to it on my commute for traffic and weather updates. Anyhow, as I was on the exit ramp the meteorologist came on and said, "it's going to be a gorgeous day!" It was such an uplifting statement …
Identifying the Anger
As I have aged, particularly since I entered menopause, I feel a constant deep-seated anger. Some days the anger is laying almost dormant within my psyche. Then I have days when I feel scarily angry, wanting to lash out at everyone. I spoke with a counselor not too long ago about the anger. They wanted …
Holy Week = Stress
Before someone jumps to any conclusions about the title of this blog, I work as the Office Manager/parish administrator for an Episcopal church. If you have any concept about the number of services, special bulletins, and other moving parts to give parishioners a spiritually fulfilling ramp up to Easter, you understand my title. For those …
Another Blog About Anxiety…
There has been a lot of talk and posts about anxiety over the past few years. You may have noticed a lot more people are opening up about having it. I’ve mentioned I have it. Mine came on with menopause. Yes, another “wonderful” aspect of the wretched ordeal called menopause women go through during their …
Learning to Roll With It
When you live with a lot of tension all around you, you have two ways to handle it. The first way is to feel angry and stressed out non-stop. The second way to exist is to roll with it and force yourself to not give into the stress and anger. I will admit my default …
Good morning sunshine
When we purchased our home last summer, we saw there were some plants scattered here and there, but overall there wasn't much. That was okay as then we had pretty much a blank slate to work with in our own fashion. Fast forward to now. We have flowers coming up all around the yard, with …
The Journey is The Point 