P: As we wind down, we wanted to put our thoughts down about whatever we are thinking on this side of things.  Now that I’m in my flow again, I’m asked quite frequently how this has changed me and us.  A said “It hasn’t really changed us.  We were really lucky to be a good family…

Since I have not gotten things together yet for my and our final entries, I still have some thoughts to share with you.  I was out for a really cold walk yesterday morning, even my eyebrows froze!  Walking always gets me thinking.  Some things happened this week, like the stars aligning or whatever.  First I…

I think that has to be one of the longest words that I actually use.  (I mean, who REALLY uses antidisestablishmentarianism?)  I have used “compartmentalization”  in the course of my work in the mental health/substance abuse field.  I have observed and tried to help others who did not have skills to compartmentalize.  I have worked…

A long weekend.   A long afternoon in my garden.  A quick visit from M, my life long friend.  We ate wonderful food at the Post Office Cafe and sat by the fire pit at twilight.  After she left, I attended a Memorial Day celebration at our old town hall and local cemetary.  I stood there listening to…

So here I am walking around in my life, doing what I consider to be absolutely normal things.  (Success in the prom dress catagory, by the way.) Minding my own business…oh and that of my children, and maybe B too.  Since I’m at work most of the day many days of the week, I am…