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At the Last Minute
I have no idea where the time went between my last post and this one. I know we went to Atlanta to attend the graduation of a granddaughter. Maybe that was it. Time flew. Suddenly, today I was aware that I have to write, for my turn on the blog is tomorrow!!! Yikes! So, I [...]
Risk Gratefulness
So much has happened in the lives of my son and his wife since she had a massive stroke in February. Their lives were ideal for them. They had a good life, a happy life, a life filled with plans and hopes and dreams as well as good realities they had created for themselves. Then [...]
Risking Emoting
I love to listen to Story Corps on NPR. I love the concept of people sharing stories that will be archived and held safely for the world to hear. We are our stories and when we share, we connect at a very deep level. The risk about story corps for me comes from the fact [...]
Putting Adventure First
I am a dutiful person. I do the dishes and make up my bed and live below my means. I try to do a good job even at things that aren’t my strong suit (like keeping up with bills and paperwork). I married a man who is, if anything, more dutiful than I am. The [...]
Risking Hopefulness
My 49 year old, healthy daughter-in-law had a stroke. For a couple of days we weren’t sure she would make it. What a terrible thing a stroke is! It takes a person full of “piss and vinegar” and reduces them to a living person with no personality. I was with my son for a week. [...]
Heartache
A few days ago I took the risk of being honest with myself. I sat down and wrote about everything that hurts right now: all the pain that follows me around, all the unfinished business and emotional uncertainty that causes my heart to shrink into a tiny, hard ball. My heart is a peach [...]
