What does it mean to pick a side? What beliefs go into the decision making of doing so?

Metaphorically, I question, or better yet am visualizing – set changes are fascinating from creation to implementation to positioning the next scene. Is there one I could work on for my little stage? Have we missed something, need to take another look, at the big stage?

But being human, if I must revisit a wound that remains tender - I seek grace from myself to keep writing about it, hopeful one day I will truly determine enough is enough - the bruising is gone.

I put on her shoes – and there is nothing in me that can take me to a place where one sister would turn on the other with such depth.

What if there is no ‘prolonging’ one’s life – it doesn't really matter how ‘good’ or ‘bad’ we live, we will pass when our time is up – as is demonstrated repeatedly when the young, healthy, saintly die ‘too soon’, and others outlive expectations, engage continuously in unhealthy ways, behave evilly.

Life is for Us Life is for us, yet we spend most of our time thinking, acting as if it is against us. Guilty as charged, except I tend to...

2024 - word of the year I am a ritualist about the new year. I imagine I wrote about this back on January 1st, 2023, as well. Part of...

January 5th - Peace Judy... A sad part of my day, today – attending the funeral of a close friend’s mom. She passed less than 6 months...

January 4th - Playing chicken... I am all for taking a stand on an issue, an important issue, an initiative to make a significant...

January 3rd - Birthday, son #2... On this day, 31 years ago, I would be in the hospital, the proud mother of my second baby boy! We went...

January 2nd - A Good Book... I do like to read. I do like books. I don’t do it enough! Started a new one today – as I begin adopting,...

January 1st - Happy 2023... New Year’s Day, one of my favorites of the year. I love the fresh start. The reflection and planning. I used...

December 31st, New Year's Eve.. I am kind of a big fan of New Years Eve, lots of different memories and perspectives around it. There...

December 30th, Growing old.. Should aging be beautiful, celebrated, dignified, graceful? I wonder what percentage of the population can...

December 29th, I appreciate you... What beautiful words to receive and how often do I just brush them aside…a lot! When I am so blessed...

December 28th, Path of... I love this phrase as a counter – ‘Path of most allowance’ vs. ‘Path of least resistance’. I think it starts...

December 27th, Overshadowed... Didn’t intend to have this little hiatus of writing. Got caught up in celebrating Christmas and or more so...

December 23rd, Bundle UP... A not-so-great part of these last few days before Christmas… it is cold and blustery. To listen to the news,...

December 22nd, Last minute... The last couple of days have been an exercise in leaving my holiday shopping to the last minute. A practice...

December 20th, More questions, than answers... I like to believe that I am a straightforward person – but then situations come up where I...