Attila has come and gone. He arrived for supper last night, we talked till midnight, collapsed into bed, and resumed our conversation in the morning over coffee. We have a lot of weighty issues to work through together right now, and it was exhausting! We took ourselves out for Easter lunch to McDonalds, and returned… Continue reading Short and Sweet
Tea’s Ready
5:00 a.m., Saturday, April 4, 2015, Little House in the City At 3:00 a.m. I was wide awake, and fighting dark thoughts. It happens. The dark thoughts are real, they are relevant, it isn’t worry, it is stark reality. At 3:00 a.m. the dark thoughts seem like the only reality. And that isn’t true. It… Continue reading Tea’s Ready
Slow Recovery
Monday, March 30, 2015 The flue is on its way out! Friday morning my temperature had returned to normal. I feel better every day. The cough lessens in severity every day. I still sound “stuffed up”. It just above freezing out there today, and very, very windy. I had planned on running errands, but instead… Continue reading Slow Recovery
Extended Adolescence
I recently read an article by a married woman, a mother, who publicly outed her “eccentric” Dad as a disappointment in her life, with glorious derisive details. She seems to believe that all people feel as she does, when she says, “Here’s the thing about kids with eccentric parents: we never stop holding out hope… Continue reading Extended Adolescence
Turning Point
Friday, March 27, 2015 I got out for my walk on Wednesday morning, beating the rain. What I did not beat was the influenza bug. By Wednesday evening I was not feeling very well at all, and I had a low grade fever, at least that is when I first took my temperature. I had… Continue reading Turning Point