My Stuff
I’ve been thinking more and more about expanding and contracting lately. I seem to get fuller with each expansion. I’ve grown a lot in the last three months. I can feel that I am a different person, and right now I feel like a stronger, more capable person.
Quotes
You ever have one of those moments where something crystallizes like instantly? It’s when she says balance is a verb.
My Stuff
Yesterday a little girl across the street set up a lemonade stand. Her whole family helped her set up the table, hang the sign. They sat out there with her as she tried to flag down cars on our busy street, grandma, grandpa, mom and dad, even a slightly older
Writing
We set up our tree last night. Our youngest always casts a spell to make it snow after we set up the tree. He’s three for three now, I think. Getting beyond the point where it’s coincidence.
Quotes
But it’s about more than just the ingredients, it’s about the personality of the casserole that pairs so well with the Midwestern ethos. The casserole is a cheap, easy, hot, and delicious calorie delivery vehicle. A dish easy to shove in your mouth after a long day of
Quotes
“We are not satisfied with our real life. We want to live an imaginary life, a life in which we seem different in the eyes of other people than we are in reality.” —BLAISE PASCAL Excerpt From: Tolstoy, Leo. “A Calendar of Wisdom.” Scribner, 2010-05-11. Apple Books.
Writing
Was walking down the sidewalk, and this squirrel ran from the yard across the concrete and ran up a tree, but then he stopped and turned and looked at me, chirping softly. I wonder if someone’s been feeding him, or maybe he figured I wasn’t a threat. Anyway,
Writing
I got home from Kentucky on Saturday. On Sunday, my brother called me to tell me that Mom was in the hospital. She had fallen again; more to the point, she was pushed by one of the other residents, and now the staff thinks that maybe she hasn’t just
pics
Getting ready to hit the road to head back to Iowa. Finishing up the last of the hotel coffee. Probably going to do a lot of crying on the road today. Good thing I’ve still got Roxy. I know you loved me, Mom. Sometimes I found it hard to
Writing
On the way home, the western sky burnished with gold. Halfway between home and Mom. I’m going to have some dinner, my first real meal in days, and try to get a good nights sleep. I saw her this morning, sat on a couch next to her and hugged
Writing
I’m leaving today to drive down to Kentucky to see my Mom. It’ll be the first time I’ve seen her since Christmas. I’ll get to have lunch with her tomorrow in her new facility, and then spend part of the afternoon with her. It’s a
Quotes
astra-mag.com/articles/i-do-not-keep-a-diary/ A wonderful sentence, I feel like the mention of suicide is just a nice little splash of pepper, but then the structure of the sentence is really well done, too.