HAPPY 2020! I thought I should get all caught up while on vacation, fully aware that I’m a few days late with my New Year post. Hope you are all settling into the New Year with much anticipation and excitement for what’s to come. As for me, I am still living in my over-analyzing (horoscopes) and dreading (more changes) stage but hoping it dissipates as the weeks progress. 2019 was so kind to me in a way that was different from recent years. It presented me with numerous opportunities, all of ...
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‘Tis the Season
For the first time in so many years, I’m winding down early. Obviously, it’s because our agency has decided to close for the holidays -one more reason why I feel so blessed to work there. My last day of work was the 20th – and since then, I’ve been taking the time to really lay low. Planning for Xmas eve dinner. Wrapping presents. Watching Netflix. Watching Netflix. Did I say, watching Netflix? There’s a notion that the holidays bring happy times for all. Although we all know that’s not always ...
Thank You for My Smaller Life
Another year, another turkey. Seems like we were just here, cleaning, cooking, preparing our home for our families and loved ones. But not really. We’re in a new home that’s half the size of our old home, in a new neighborhood, in a different state. Everything is so new to us - I’m anxious every time I leave my house, Google Maps is turned on for trips to the nearest grocery store. Or dry cleaner. Or nail salon. This unfamiliarity has been so tough, I’m relieved every time I sit at O’Hare ...
The (Two) Year(s) I Left
The Year I Left. Actually, it was two years. And although it feels like a lifetime ago, everything still sits so vividly in memory. Caught up in a swirl of activity and events, I could hardly recognize myself. I didn’t know it was depression at that time, all I knew was that I was ready to leave this life. I wanted to do the opposite of everything I’d ever stood for. When I decided to write The Year I Left, it was for personal reasons, just like all my other books. Writing my thoughts and ...
These Are the Days
What a whirlwind it’s been. I was actually doing a college drop off on Release Day, so in between texts and posts, I was on an emotional level all on its own. He’s our youngest, you know. And his personality has been the highlight of our home for 18 years. The irony of both events isn’t lost on me, however. We are empty nesters and we have to adjust to life with a lot more time on our hands. Although I say this tongue in cheek because I’ve planned travel every week for work for the rest of the ...
Peace Becomes You
Mercury is in retrograde. In layman’s terms (because I do read my horoscope every week – whether I take it seriously is another story), I guess that means all hell is breaking loose as we speak. At least for Taurus (me), this is supposed to be a period of questioning, of reckoning, of ultimately deciding and moving on. In retrospect, it has been a tough two weeks at work. I’ve had to handle difficult situations, spent most of my time trying to solve issues that required all of my focus, was ...
