As of September 25th, my sick season memoir is one year old (as a publication that is). It’s hard to believe a whole year has passed since I stepped out to share my story, at least one “big” part of it. Well, there’s another part of it that I’ve blogged about some already and that […]
Archives for September 2014
The Process of Letting Go
In recent years, my sister-in-law said something to me that has been on my mind lately. She said that she thought one of the principal things we have to learn to do in our life down here is to let things, including people, go. I don’t know that I appreciated her statement at the time; […]
Redemption
So, in fairness to my dental practice (which I have left unnamed), I feel the need to write a follow-up entry of sorts to say that my relationship with them has been redeemed. The much less than perfect experience that I blogged about earlier was sort of erased yesterday by what is probably the most […]
The Not Knowing
Last evening, I had the privilege of speaking to a cancer support group that consisted of several lovely ladies who left me with much to ponder. I’d really like to think that, since I was actually the guest speaker, I was the one giving out food for thought; but, I’m thinking now that it was […]
A “Dog Day”
So, yesterday morning felt like what I call a “dog day” morning; it felt as if every single hour was really seven or eight hours instead. The day started with our dog refusing to go outside and “do her business” at 5:30 am because it was raining; and it then proceeded with our daughter trying […]
The “Not-So-Right” Hand
A little while ago, I heard my daughter say something that I haven’t been able to forget. As she was being reprimanded for not obeying her mother, she said to me, “Mommy, I can’t help it. I really can’t. My right hand made me do it. It always does. I wish I could just get […]