Health
Six month update on wreck
Today has been six months since the wreck that I had on March 19th. There have been times over the last few months when I wondered if I would ever feel better. The loss of my grandma, the wreck, the Read more…
Learning and Growing
Joy Spotting
As I was watching a webinar recently, the speaker was talking about “joy spotting”. I’d heard that term in a previous webinar, but hadn’t thought about it again in a while. So I looked around for something right around me Read more…
Dating in my 50's
As I’m Dating
It’s been a little over a year since I went on the “dateish” and thus began the journey of dating in my 50’s. I waited over two years after losing Tom to even really consider dating. I wanted to make Read more…
Learning and Growing
The things we put off
Recently I signed up for these emails from Natural Life Chirp. They’re sales ads, but they come with these great inspirational quotes and graphics that a friend was sharing on Facebook. I love a good inspirational quote. The one below Read more…
Health
The root canal that wasn’t
I went to the dentist for the first part of my root canal Thursday. It did not go as expected. My canals were blocked and he was not able to drill through them. He thinks the nerve is already dead. Read more…
Health
Leslie Jordan on Happiness
I get these daily quotes from Gretchen Rubin (author of The Happiness Project and many other great books). This one is from Leslie Jordan’s book “How Y’all Doing?”. I listened to the book on audio a while back and it Read more…
Dating in my 50's
AS IF!!!!
So, this guy. I “met” him on Facebook dating a while back. Hadn’t heard from him for quite a while, then I get this today. I mean what in the world? I have questions, sir. First of all, who is Read more…
Health
Habit Tracking
How do you track your habits? In the book Atomic Habits, James Clear discusses Benjamin Franklin tracking his personal virtues by carrying around a little notebook from the age of 20. Jerry Seinfeld uses the “Don’t Break the Chain” method Read more…
grief and loss
Unanswered Prayers
Are you familiar with the song, “Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers.”. What are your unanswered prayers? Did you find out that God had something better in mind for you than you had for yourself? One of my big Read more…
grief and loss
Crooked Frame
I am not sure how clearly it shows in this picture, but this frame has been hanging crooked for a while now. I would notice it sitting on the couch and had not straightened it. Every time I would notice, Read more…