The Second Christmas
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...
What’s in a Name?
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,...
Being Thankful, Being Community
Thanks to Seth Godin (whose blog I follow) I don’t have to write much today. He offered a piece a few days ago and included a Thanksgiving Reader. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2015/11/thanksgiving-reminder.html There are two things on the site a button to...
Collecting My Teams
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...
Joe and His Homework
The gentle waves rolled in and brought a jubilant ten-year-old with them. Joe’s smile was bigger than his face. He ran out to the next wave and jumped high just as it started to break. Joe loved the beach! He ran over to his parents and flopped on the blanket. ...
If work were considered worship …
This is a Kitchen Table Discussion -- that means we need to discuss back and forth. I look forward to your comments. There is a wonderful quote about work done in a spirit of service being worship. I love to fantasize about what things like that might mean if we...
An Announcement and a Story (Mary and Sissily)
November is National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo for short. It is a challenge for writers to write 1667 words a day so that they will have a novel of 50,000 words by the end of the month. I took up the challenge with a bit of a twist. I am writing a variety of...
Clutter, Productivity, and Contentment
I love my sitting room! It has everything I want and need in it. Bob feels close when I am in it. He built the house, some of the furniture, and is reflected in the artwork. It is a comfortable and loving place for me. This wonderful room also doubles as my work...
In the Spirit of Halloween — Card Reading, Astrology, and Me
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...