She sits in my lap, looking so calm, snuggling into me so cuddly and warm. Our views are of mountains and the west-setting sun. Phoebe, her name is, but she doesn’t know she is a dog. As she sees the birds, she sits upright and starts to flap her paws. The ravens fly to their…
Category: Relationships
In-law Rant
This is a rant that is realistically due only to having kids in their early 40s, married, and having in-laws. One of my children’s mother-in-law subtly and pointedly insults me, even when she is having dinner at my house. After 11 years, last night finally got to me and hurt my feelings to the point…
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Wow! Thirty Happiest Triggers
A great prompt to send us all off in considering our happiest moments. It would be something that makes me happy to think of these:
Embracing the Gifts of Aging: A Journey Through Life’s Surprises
Aging brings many visionary moments; the most shocking is that we are going to die and we don’t have an idea when. Intellectually the knowledge of our universal fate is known from an early age. Fully understanding the process of living while dying too, creeps up on us engaging an appreciation of life. Then, before…
Aging and Relationships: Embracing Harmony for Peaceful Coexistence
Aging brings a subtle but growing need for harmony in relationships. Relatives and friends are still who they are, but peaceful coexistence in life is the primary goal for me. It is easy to accumulate stressful moments and life-changing events instigated by the most important people in our lives. The challenge is what to store…
Not Really
As a child, spirituality was a saving grace. I believed that when the sun’s rays were blasting through the clouds, forming pillars on the earth, these were signs of the Holy Ghost. In awe, I would immediately pray, imagining these signs were for me and just me. These spiritual signs guided me through a difficult…
Parental Affection Across Generations: A Personal Reflection
Did your parents hug you? A lot? Never? Only on special occasions? After spending the weekend with my 8 year old grandson I realized that he was okay with hugging me. As a Grammy I want to be hugged repeatedly and in a hard embrace. This is new to this generation, from my experience. I…
Maintaining a Long-Lasting Relationship
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/02/11/well/strengthen-relationships.html Ever wonder how, even as we are in later stages of a relationship, love and life can remain filled with a living and vital love? As I have aged I wonder if this will be my last relationship and if so, how can I make it and me feel better. Long term relationships can…
These Past Months
A month ago my son’s brother-in-law passed away unexpectedly from a fentanyl overdose. It has had a devastating impact on all of our families. He was a young man of means with so much to live for, both in opportunities and future success. Two years ago my son-in-;aw died in a motorcycle accident, and he…
Friendship While Quarantined
These months have passed quite slowly. For the longest time, I kept thinking I had stepped into another plane of the universe, as in the movie Contact. Perhaps if I looked closely enough I could find the wormhole to return to pre-March 14, 2020. What didn’t happened was actually a life-changing happening. The quarantine extended…
Life Gets Better 