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Yesterday’s Emotional Storm

Yesterday. Yesterday was a seriously bad mental health day. I avoided writing about it, during it, because I feared how it would come out sounding. How bad was it? I cried for the first time in seven years. Now, I’m … Continue reading

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Then, Now, Forward

now what? Now what do I do? There has always been you, calling me, checking on me and James. You’ve called me lecturing me on my walks through the woods, and how I need to be careful. All of those … Continue reading

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Learning Growth in Facing Challenges

March first. Once upon a time, I was always happy to see this month roll around. It meant that soon daily saving time would begin and better yet, Spring was almost officially here. Now, this month arrives with a mixed … Continue reading

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Life Can Be Like Yellow Brick Road, Complete with Scary Things. We can Still Be Happy

Day 58– page 58- over due I really, really need to get my yard cleaned up. Mother Nature, would you please hold off on anything falling from the sky for a while so that my yard will dry out and … Continue reading

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Adjusting

Day 57– page 57 adjusting This was originally written in 2019, I want to revisit and see where and how things are different. Here, just eight days away from six years. So yeah, its been almost two (six) years. Maybe, … Continue reading

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Getting Real

I’m sitting here watching out the window as the sun plays peek a boo. My weather app says that rain is coming, just not yet. I am one of those individuals who do not do well in winter months, yes, … Continue reading

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Alone, or Lonely

Well that brought them in quickly.  Its been raining all night. A slow, steady rain, not the downpour that has me checking the drain that runs under the house to make sure it is clear. The kind of rain that … Continue reading

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Darkness and Pain Can Be Overcome

On this date in 2020, I received notification I now had 200 followers on WordPress. Today it is slightly over 1500. The number of followers who I actually interact with is much smaller, but that is partly my fault and … Continue reading

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February Twenty-first; Thoughts on Dealing With Grief and its Relative, Depression

“Like sand through the hour glass, so are the days of our lives.” For some, a well remembered line from a soap opera. Grief, flows like the tide. At its worst, flowing in and covering all that would seem happy. … Continue reading

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February Fourth; Thoughts of Handling the Storms

Outside my windows the world appears dark and miserable. The clouds thick, creating a barrier preventing any bright rays of sunlight getting through. This giving the landscape a depressed feeling. I can see the trees swaying in the wind, caught … Continue reading

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