by Jan Perry | Dec 24, 2015 | Loss: From hole to whole |
I have been really sad today, Christmas Eve Day. This is the second Christmas without Bob. I wonder if I was still numb last Christmas and that this is the first “feeling” Christmas? I have done so many things to grieve, grow, and graduate from this process. I...
by Jan Perry | Nov 29, 2015 | Growth |
I have been thinking a lot about the blogs here in Serene Women. At the moment there are two; Loss: Hole to Whole and Evolving Serenity. I have wondered what to do with them. I was considering suspending them for a while; a novel, or at least a long short story,...
by Jan Perry | Nov 21, 2015 | Evolving Serenity |
Today I visited with a dear friend who I do not visit nearly often enough. The visit was filled with the ordinary — knitting, health, children, dreams, frustrations. Whenever we visit I remember that we need to do it more often.Then I came home to have a repairman...
by Jan Perry | Oct 30, 2015 | Evolving Serenity |
My upbringing was pretty conventional — no witches or wizards (except at the door at Halloween looking for candy), no visits to spiritualists or palm readers. I don’t think I even knew about these, except for genies at the movies. Probably in my 30s or 40s I bought...
by Jan Perry | Sep 23, 2015 | Evolving Serenity |
The idea of following the seasons in how we eat and how we live seems to be gaining a little traction in my circles. Since today is the Fall Equinox, thinking about what it would mean to live with the Seasons seems appropriate.I am new to looking at Seasonal...