Worry is a heavy load. It weighs you down causing clear thought and action difficult. The thing about worrying is it comes on a small bit at a time. Before too long it is so heavy you can only lay in your bed and cry. If you see someone weighed down with worry, do what… Continue reading Worry is Heavy
There is nothing wrong with being selective about who you choose to be with or who you choose to have in your life. You can respectfully decline invitations to protect yourself. Don’t apologize for being choosy.
A father can make offspring and walk away. It is not easy to stay and raise your child. It takes work and commitment. Unfortunate for some kids those two things are not required to make children. Humans can make babies and walk away. They can give their children away to others. Humans have a choose… Continue reading What is a Father?
Humans are communal. As much as some of us want to be hermits and loners, we by nature want and need contact with other humans. We gravitate to certain individuals who share common likes and dislikes. If we are lucky we find those who we can attach too for a long term friendship. Sometimes we… Continue reading New and Old Friends
Some humans have trouble with commitment. They want all the rewards and fun of the steady thing and the freedom of no strings attached at the same time. There is true agony sometimes in the choosing. We are taught that it is an either/or choice. The truth is it can be both. If commitment is… Continue reading Commitment
We are moving next week. Packing and cleaning and sorting, oh my! So many things to remember. Did we call the let me fix that for you company? Did we schedule the window shiners and grout washers? Do we empty the freezer now or wait for a full moon? Do we really need all this… Continue reading Relocating is a Bear
Life should be about fun times and happiness. It is not fun when you realize someone you trusted was playing games with your emotions to... what? Get ahead? Feel powerful? If you have a red flag moment, trust yourself and move on. Most often our first gut reaction is right. It is when we try… Continue reading It’s All Fun and Games
My husband and I at the same time ordered the same books on Amazon! Who does that? We not only finish each other's sentences but without even realizing it we do and say so many things the same at the same time. That's not creepy, it is connection. Find that one human you can connect… Continue reading Same Brain
Must of us have experienced homesickness. It’s normal for humans to miss home when they are away from it. Homesickness is a form of nostalgia that is as unique as each individual. Have you every been homesick for a person rather than a place? It’s similar to just missing the person but you are homesick… Continue reading Homesick is Real
It’s difficult sometimes to determine what is just enough. How much time is enough to do a task? How much food is enough to feed a family? How much paint is enough to make art? How much money is enough to pay all the bills? One thing I can promise you that is enough is… Continue reading Just enough
