Tag Archives: responsibility
Today’s Word Is, Maturity
My mother had been saying for days that she would be glad when my brother would find a moment to clean out the chimney and stove pipe. The temperatures are cooling down and she knew they were going to be … Continue reading
Spent the Day
The cats in the outside colony are getting sneaky and greedy. When I got up today there were cats all over the steps and peering through the door as if looking for me. I grabbed their food and as I … Continue reading
April First; No Joke
Joke was on me I guess. Before I write this, understand that I love my family dearly, but boy can mom keep me busy. I thought I was going to take Bella and hike the mountain today. Wrong. My mother … Continue reading
Day Sixty-two; Footnotes True Focus on What’s Important.
Blessings come wrapped in interrupted plans. The plan was to take mom to the bank and the store, get back home and load up the dog and head for the mountain for another hike. I even got myself together earlier … Continue reading
Day Fifty-three; Footnotes Time Well Spent
She keeps apologizing. She has no idea how blessed I feel to be able to help any way and every way I can. She calls, then apologizes for bothering me. Not understanding how happy I am to be able to … Continue reading
Day Forty-one, The Struggle Is Real
I won’t do that again…at least for a while anyway. My mother had asked me yesterday if I had plans on going to the big box store today. (Not the doctor, that’s another day) So yeah, I had plans to … Continue reading
Day Twenty-two Footnotes and Memories
Found this lurking in my memories today. Written in 2016 and shared without changes. When my brothers and I were growing up our maternal grandparents lived next door. During the summers we spent more time with them than at home … Continue reading
January Twentieth; A Totally Different World
“What are you going to do today?” Nearly every time I hear that question it doesn’t matter what I was going to do, those plans were just changed. Today mom and I will be returning to the big box store … Continue reading
Day 322; Footnotes of Done, Done and That Was Close.
Today was probably our last warm weather day for a while. Several of the weather notifications I’ve seen made mention of a severe weather front moving through. While here it won’t be as bad as further north, I’m still going … Continue reading
Words from The Dirt Road 