In a mindless incident I put my contacts in the opposite eyes this morning. In an unaware episode it didn’t occur to me until Brandon called and said that he had accidentally bumped my contacts and he might have put the “R” cap on the “L” contact. In a moment of clarity I realized that
It was a nice day for a wedding. Tiered cake decorated to match bridesmaid dresses, sweet mystery punch that you pour with a ladle, a gazebo trimmed with greens for pictures to last a lifetime, and a glowing bride in a dress that she loved- check, check, check and check. During the ceremony, the pastor
Saturday was marked as day 1 in our 5th home in 6 years. From condo in OH to house in OH to apartment in IL to another apartment in IL…. to another apartment in IL. With this many moves, I think my issues are becoming obvious to the exhausted friends and family, who all know
I drove home with a mind bursting like an over-sized belly pushing out between shirt buttons on Thanksgiving. No music. No phone calls. Just me and thoughts spilling out of my ears. It’s easy to devour introspective-feel-sorry-for-myself-thoughts but it’s better to take a healthy serving of reality. I decided that I’m going cold turkey with
As I entered the mind battle of unplugging from work, I looked out the window across the corn rows at the tiny flickers made by lightning bugs (a bug on my ‘acceptable’ bug list). Looking over the field I wondered: is life simpler out here or just different. I felt like I was driving through
As I entered the mind battle of unplugging from work, I looked out the window across the corn rows at the tiny flickers made by lightning bugs (a bug on my ‘acceptable’ bug list). Looking over the field I wondered: is life simpler out here or just different. I felt like I was driving through
When I said, “we are just a product of our environment,” I wanted to crumble the words up and swallow them down as if they were never spoken. Time travel machine be invented sooner. If you want to make big change, you have to start small. Jessica Jackley (co-founder of KIVA.org) My deepest fear is
As part of my graduate studies for professional counseling each student was required to attend a number of group counseling sessions. After finding an Al-Anon group that fit into my schedule, I couldn’t think of an excuse that would leave me guilt free so integrity talked me into my first Al-Anon group. I found a
In my childhood I was a real life version of the awkward girl in teen movies complete with glasses (my eyes were not the same prescription, so one eye was more magnified than the other regardless of how much I squinted), clothes from my great aunt who wore flamingo pink lipstick and loved garage sales,
I believe that at each person’s core we are meant for relationship. Even the people that don’t like people need relationship. Sorry people haters. Despite the fact that forced relationships are work, I have come to realize that life happens with other people. Although I can sustain through my introverted self, I’m enjoying relationships that