December 31st: Looking Ahead I think most of us give at least some thought to what they want from the year ahead, even if we don’t write down big, lofty lists. It’s a good thing to do, having goals and ideals. Taking stock of where we’ve been, where we are, where we’d like to be. […]
Month: December 2019
December 30th: Looking Back As the year reaches its conclusion, it is natural to want to peer forward into the great, unknowable future and try to plan our comeback- I’m gonna get in shape this year! I’m gonna tackle this mess for good! I’m doing Whole 30 for REALS this time! This is gonna be […]
Looking Back — Notes From Elsewhere
December 24th: Merry & Bright I am not a religious person by any means, but I must confess, I do love the story of Christmas. The idea of Jesus being born, sent here to right things by a God who loves us all so much. What a beautiful thing to believe. Although I will probably […]
Merry & Bright — Notes From Elsewhere
December 21st: Love is Not Hard Would you be surprised if I told you that I am far more vulnerable here, when I write, than I am at any other time? And why wouldn’t I be? It’s so easy to sit here and talk about what is in my heart and my mind to this […]
Love Is Not Hard — Notes From Elsewhere
December 18th: Best Laid Plans I had really hoped to be able to write something, even something small, every day here. Unfortunately, life being what it is, sometimes circumstances change and things get weird. I am in the midst of such a time right now. I think…honestly, I think I’m a little bit traumatized from […]
Best Laid Plans — Notes From Elsewhere
December 14th: Loss I woke up this morning, and…I just feel heavy. In my chest, and in my spirit. Last night, I sat beside my friend for hours as she held the hand of her mommy, who had passed just before I got there. I tried so hard to be there on time, but I […]
Loss — Notes From Elsewhere
December 13th: Love Seems like, lately, I have needed to get the day behind me in order to look back and grasp the overarching theme that it held. Sometimes I know, right at the start of the day, what I am supposed to write about…others, as recently, I need to figure it out in review. […]
Love — Notes From Elsewhere
December 12th: Turning Points I just got home from seeing my therapist, whom I adore and respect, and who I’ve been seeing regularly for over five years now. Tonight, I finally told her the story of my life- the part that happened before all of the things that led me to her. The part before […]
Turning Points — Notes From Elsewhere
December 11th: Happiness I was talking to my daughter’s boyfriend yesterday. I’d asked him what he wanted for Christmas and he said he just wanted to be happy. I told him I’d give it to him if I could, but that’s not how it worked. I still don’t know what he wants for Christmas. He […]
Happiness — Notes From Elsewhere
December 7th & 8th : Yesterday and Today When it is very, very early in the morning- long before most people have risen, and long before the sun decides to make an appearance…I can sit and write and feel like I am telling a secret to a room full of sleeping people. It makes no […]
After The Party 