As children, a doll, a stuffed animal or imaginary friend provided us security and constant companionship as we braved the dark and the monster under the bed. As adults, we give up the emotional support tokens of our youth in preparation for becoming the comforter instead of the comfortee. I…
Due to the winter storm we had last Friday, my friend was unable to fly home to Philadelphia from the Caribbean. The plane departed the tropical locale on time, only to be diverted to Miami somewhere east of North Carolina. She finally arrived home last night. During those unexpected 48…
Piper, in direct opposition to his mom, loves the laundry bag. He gets so excited when he sees it. He always wants to sit on its side and has tolerated me setting him in on the top of the clean wash. He goes crazy with excitement when I dump the…
Some people believe there are no such thing as limits, others that there are limits but they can be pushed through and past. And there are those who believe in and allow limits to keep them stuck. I have been wondering about the fine line between empowering ourselves and knowing…
A dear friend recently experienced a devastating personal blow which initially ravaged her emotionally and mentally. Because of that, even the most mundane daily activities were almost impossible. I hope that you’ve never been in this situation but if you have you know exactly what I mean. Brushing your teeth…
I grow attached to my feathers, When they are attached to me, And when they molt* from my body, A hard habit to break it can be. It’s strange to be holding my feather, I’s not where it’s meant to belong, But I find myself preening it anyway, It’s nature…
“Backup” has become such a part of our world that we take it for granted. I first learned in 1988 the importance of backing up during a stressful marketing budget planning crunch at work, aided by my first computer, a Leading Edge. Thirty years later you would think it would…
Last week was an especially trying week with the only thing going right was that everything went wrong. Even the weekend was plagued by incidents. This morning, feeling heavy-hearted and stomach-sick over the disappearance of this blog last week as a result of an update, I got dressed. As I…
I go by our local hospital often and I always make sure I look towards it and think about the people inside. I was born in this hospital, have had several surgeries in its operating rooms, visited the emergency room for several minerare (minor to moderate) something-suddenly-came-ups. But is has…
I asked my husband for a plug adapter for the space heater I sometimes use in the bathroom and requested that he put it on my iPad which was charging on the dining room table. Hours later, I looked for the adapter on the table but it wasn’t there. Neither…
