My father is in the hospital. He was in the car with my sister yesterday when he got too dizzy to drive. He is unable to stand and they are doing an MRI this morning. In all likelihood he will be ok and this will be a correctable issue with his inner ear ( Read more... )

Life is strange. The days blur together in their mundane routine and then suddenly out of the blue one of those 1 in 1000 days blind sides you. The status quo is upended by some radical event and you get a punctuated equilibrium. Your life is shifted and time can be split into before and after.

You find a new love or lose an old one. You make a ( Read more... )

You don't get what you wish for. You get what you work for.

I saw these words on a church billboard this weekend. They are quite true and I've wasted a great deal of time with the first part and not nearly enough time on the second. I've pined away many nights wishing to be healthier instead of cutting vegetables or exercising. I've squandered many ( Read more... )

I have been dealing with this poison ivy illness the equivalent of one day for every year of my life. Only 1/350 of my life experience and it has changed me. I am hoping it is for the better. As my body finally begins the final stage of healing I want to reflect now that I have the mental energy instead of letting this experience slip into the ( Read more... )

Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will ( Read more... )

One of the many wonderful things this weekend was the concept of an idea notebook. This is a serendipitous discovery, given how my mind works. It is a small notebook where I can jot all the random ideas or thoughts as they occur before they vanish back into the maelstrom. Later, when I am in the right headspace I can reflect on those previous ( Read more... )