• People Change, Get Over It

    Thoughts on Mental Health Thursday I have changed over the past two years. I have written about it extensively on this blog. People change. Not always for the better, but in my case, it was a very good thing. Yesterday, a friend of mine who still works at the place I left two years ago…

  • Don’t Be Afraid

    Screenshot Saturday This screenshot was taken March 25, 2021. I’m not sure what compelled me to save this quote at that moment in my life. It was early in 2021. My mother-in-law was still alive, though we were growing more and more concerned about her health. I can’t remember if I had already said yes…

  • From Different to the Same

    Let me tell you what my honest, very first reaction was to this question…I literally said out loud “not a g**damn thing”. Then I paused for a moment and wondered if I answered this last year. I know the prompts are repeated every day now, but last year I didn’t always answer them each day.…

  • 5Ws Wednesday–Who am I again?

    Is your life today what you pictured a year ago? This is a perfect question for today. We’re all in the reflective, looking back mode as we get closer to the new year. For me, while my life has greatly changed over this past year, I honestly don’t know if this is how I pictured…

  • The Big M

    What motivates you? A very simple question today and yet, it makes me have many questions in response. The first of those questions is…motivates me for what? What motivates me to get out of bed in the morning? Easy. I have to pee. What motivates me to not get back in bed? I have to…

  • Anywhere But Here

    What gives you direction in life? There’s a song on my inspirational playlist that I really should take off because I skip over it every time it comes up. It’s a song called, “Stay the Same” and basically, it’s Joey McIntyre of New Kids on the Block fame singing about how you shouldn’t wish you…

  • Three Years

    I started writing in a journal when I was 13 years old and in the 8th grade. At first, each journal entry was only two pages each. As I advanced through my teenage years, entries became longer and longer and much more frequent. Teen angst had me filling up an entire journal in only a…