Examples of an Imperfect woman

  • A Tough Pill to Swallow!

    I finally finished listening to "The Center Cannot Hold – My journey through madness" by Elyn R Saks.   A very interesting perspective between the woman, the illness, and her career self; how to deal with them all without having… Continue reading

  • Turn down the Volume on Responsibility.

    I see the finish line, the last few feet, and I already want to sit down and FEEL the absence of daily caring.  It isn't that you have to do this or that, but that you are on call, that… Continue reading

  • Useful and Beautiful.

    There was a criteria for organizing your home by which each item has to be useful or beautiful, and the rest released.  (from the book, Simple Abundance, by Sarah Ban Breathnach) How interesting to look at your home from those… Continue reading

  • A mind game at its worst.

    In the extoots blog I follow and comment on ( http://extoots.blogspot.com ) a response from Finland caught my attention…or a few sentences, where the church is once removed from the congregation in times of trouble. "The sexual abuse scandal was badly… Continue reading

  • Unplugging and Being Free!

    "When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice – once for her self and once for her child."  Sophia Loren As I look upon Mother's day, I see… Continue reading

  • I love you today!

    Twenty-Six years ago today was our wedding day…I was 28, he 32. Hard to believe 26 years have gone by.  Our magic is that we didn't always agree or see life from the same view, but we always respected each… Continue reading

  • Love, Friendship and Loyalty.

    I am half way done with the book, "Bloom – Finding Beauty in the Unexpected" by Kelle Hampton.  It is a wonderful fast moving harsh truth read; when life changes its course without our permission or willingness to go along.… Continue reading

  • What is the Cost of No Choice?

    The issue of women's rights has come up with the death of a woman's 9th child by her own hands…or maybe the lack of Human Rights. What I am hopeful of, is this is the hole where common sense will… Continue reading

  • On the Fault Line.

    My mother turned 80 today, or so I was told.  I have lost track of her age, as well of her life.  She seems a mirage out on the far horizon, behind me…detached from daily emotions. But, I do know,… Continue reading

  • Landscape of change.

    If you look across the river you can see a pair of Sand Hill Cranes… I seen them yesterday on my way to work. And, nearing the end of my route, a flock of wild turkeys crossed the road in… Continue reading