Pondering Thoughts
Waxing philosophical.
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Turns out, I am the Hen…
Not that I am feeling depressed or full of emotion, but life in my garden this year seem to be mirroring my real life. Let me explain a bit and you will come to see what I mean by this. I have a long standing affinity to chicks and hens. Not the birds, although they can be cute. I am speaking of the succulent-like plants. We had a neighbor when I was growing up (5-8 years of age) who had plenty of chicks and hens on the side of her house right next to her driveway. She was a very sweet lady named Mrs. Thomas. She had curly gray hair,…
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Becoming ME…
I have not published anything on this blog for a bit. I’ve been busy. Not necessarily busy with physical activities that limit my time to write, but busy with thoughts, feelings and growing pains that have consumed my ability to focus on any one thing to write and share. I know I’m not alone. This is an unprecedented time in which we live. A pandemic overlapped with civil unrest, all slathered in hate and racism. Even still, this is not all that has been consuming me. Perhaps it has helped me become more introspective. I have been feeling all kinds of feels for quite some time now, dating much further…
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Missing things…
“I used to be worried about missing all the little things when the kids were growing up. Now I’m missing a lot of little things and I sometimes question my sanity!” ~Anonymous Mom looking for her hair brush, eye liner, kitchen scissors, the toothpaste cap, a favorite necklace, her black sweater, socks that were in her drawer and may now be on someone else’s feet, a pizza stone… It”s the classic mom struggle when your kids are growing up. You enjoy each and every “new” moment. You swell with pride when that first step is taken, you treasure every new word that is spoken, every first is celebrated and even…
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Why I write.
Life is weird, life is messy, life is good. Calamities of all kinds occur on a daily basis. Some calamities are physical, some are situational, some are emotional, some are philosophical. The drama that is created from these moments can be uplifting and joyful! If the drama created is negative and damaging, we can either stay in those moments and relive the drama and allow it to take over or we can move on to quickly reflect and learn and LAUGH. We are all in this thing together, let’s laugh at things that happen and learn a bit as we move along. Much like my life, this blog does have…