Is there a more perfect season than summer? Well, that depends on who you are asking but for me, no there is not. I live for summer. Bright, blue, sunny skies make my soul joyful. Lush green leaves rustling with a breeze that dances on my skin? Heaven. While I’m not one to head to … Continue reading Perfection – An Ode to Summer
Tag: hope
Juggling
No matter how hard I try, I can’t seem to stay on top of all of the things that are important to me. Loss of focus, perhaps minor bouts of depression, or just plain laziness could be the culprits, take your pick, but something always seems to get in the way. The changes I’m struggling … Continue reading Juggling
Epiphanies
Lately, in my previously mentioned quest for clean, I’ve been having epiphanies. As I lay my head down at night to sleep ideas are bombarding me. “If I clean out x drawer I can move y things into it.” Or, “If I sort my closet to have cardigans grouped together, dresses grouped together, and so … Continue reading Epiphanies
Better
Things are slowly getting better. I’m moving more, not napping during the week. I’m reading again, I’m writing again. I’m finding balance between rest and productivity, whereas before I was all rest, yet never feeling rested. Today I watched a video from an immunologist at University of Michigan who thinks this is the year the … Continue reading Better
The Little Things
They say it is the little things in life and as always the ubiquitous ‘they,’ are correct. I finally caved and bought a Roomba. I’ve wanted one for years but while I had my never fully house trained chihuahua, Frankie, it was out of the question. My living situation is now different and I decided … Continue reading The Little Things
2022
The start of a new year generally brings hope but since 2020, hope seems futile. I was tremendously hopeful for 2020 and then it went down the crapper real fast. 2021, I hoped would be better. Vaccines were coming, clearly people would do the right thing and the world would get back on track. Well, … Continue reading 2022
Week One
Week one of the new year complete, and again, I am living through events I never thought I’d see (and never wanted to see) in my lifetime. Insurrectionists were storming the Capitol building in DC to stop democracy in action. A president who has spent most of the last four years on Twitter eerily silent … Continue reading Week One
2021
2021. The New Year I, and many, have been waiting desperately for. The dumpster fire year that was 2020 had its last moment. The clock struck midnight, and with it, I am choosing hope. While the changing of a calendar page or the stroke of midnight doesn’t make our problems vanish, it does feel like … Continue reading 2021
Broken Promises
When I was younger, I felt such a fire inside, a spark of creativity, energy, a feeling of greatness, destiny, and purpose. I didn’t know what I wanted to be or what my future held, but it felt bright and limitless. I had been raised to believe I could achieve anything I wanted if I … Continue reading Broken Promises
This Too Shall Pass
November 1st. New month, closer to this nightmare of a year ending, closer to election season being over, and one month closer to COVID being behind us. It’s snowing like crazy here in Metro Detroit, and as I’m not a fan of winter, it was initially a blow to my mood this Sunday. Then, I … Continue reading This Too Shall Pass
Martinis and Meltdowns 