Middle-aged Maverick

Tag: Mental Health

  • Florence, Where Have You Been?!

    Music/Movie Monday I didn’t drive to Ikea today. Josh had a good point. I could go and pick up all the new shelves we’re getting for our creative space, but where would we put those big, honkin’ boxes while we fix up the room? We are going all out with this, to include painting the… →

  • He Took Me Seriously. Again.

    I’m a generally creative person. I knit and crochet. I’m crafty in other ways and other mediums too. But I’m also creative, I believe, in my writing and my husband just enabled me to take my creativity to a whole new level. With my desire to be a published writer one day, I have been… →

  • So Much Happiness

    When are you most happy? I’ve got a lot of things I could say about when I’m the most happy. There have been a lot of posts about it. In fact, I have a whole, “Things That Are Making Me Happy” category here. This year has brought a lot of happiness. So many things. Engaging… →

  • The Support of a Husband

    Truth be told, this prompt, for me should be, describe the man, not a man who positively impacted my life. The only two men who have really been in my life in a way that could have any kind of impact are my father and my husband. There isn’t anybody else. I am not a… →

  • 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… →

  • Flashback Friday—Public Speaking 101

    Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? Last year I reflected on the fact that as a teacher, I was always on. You have to perform and talk in front of people all the time. In all the leadership roles I had, I also had to give speeches. Or at least talk… →

  • Talk About it Tuesday—Friday, October 24, 1997

    I’m very slowly transcribing certain passages from 30 years worth of journals that I’ve written in and kept. In case you haven’t read my earlier posts, this is what I’m doing and why I’m doing it–Journaling for Mental Health: A 30-Year Journey I’m on volume number 5, I think. I’m about to finish filling up… →

  • Music/Movie Monday—Fancy

    My husband and I were watching the lighting of the Rockefeller Tree the other night. Reba McEntire was hosting and my husband said something that kind of made fun of her music. I don’t remember what he said but it prompted me to explain to him that her songs are not sweet, innocent country songs.… →

  • Flashback Friday—Family & Funerals

    I come from a fairly large family. Certainly not large compared to some other families, but my mother had four brothers and sisters. Each of them had two children, except my mother who had three. That means I have two sisters and eight cousins. Again, not the largest number, but big enough. In 2001, our… →

  • 5Ws Wednesday—Why all the nostalgia?

    I am very much a person who experiences nostalgia frequently. In fact, I have a playlist that’s labeled “high school nostalgia”. I started adding songs to it so that when I’m working on my book, which relies heavily on transcribing old journals, I can get deeper into my feelings by listening to the music of… →