Dan and I are on the road… It’s a trip I don’t like taking under the best of circumstances. This isn’t the best of circumstances. He wanted a companion while running an errand. I guess, as his wife, that meant me. At first, there’s resentment. I had a list of things I wanted to do…
Category: Lifestyle
High Hopes Dashed
It’s crazy how our hopes and ambitions can drive us beyond our abilities. Back in February of this year, I posted about my intentions of becoming a freelance writer. (My Brave New Journey) Having had to quit my job due to health disabilities, financial stress became the order of business daily. There’s little one can…
Scan Then Subscribe
I want to introduce you to a new weekly online newspaper about abuse. I’ve talked about it with the last two posts, but today I can offer links to sample and peruse. When I Became Free Weekly is a newspaper written by survivors for survivors. It isn’t limited to one form of abuse or trauma,…
Self Respect, Dignity and Poverty
There seems to be a lot of people in poverty these days. Paychecks aren’t going as far as they used to even with two adults working in a household. Through no fault of their own, competent, stable people are losing jobs, vehicles, homes — all the security they had known previously. What they had once…
A World Craving Kindness
There are a lot of bullies in today’s world. We see them on social media all of the time. For some reason, it seems to be OK to hide behind a keyboard and make fun of or put down other people. It would seem kindness has become a forgotten or lost virtue. But, thanks to…
Update from The Write Empath
Four months ago I published my last post here. It hardly seems possible to me that it’s only four months ago. It feels like an eternity. I guess it’s time for an update. Time feels different these days. Since I quit working early last year, it’s been difficult to create a new routine. I like…
Welcome Back My Friends
In February of this year, I thought I had written the last post I would be able to publish in this blog. Having to quit my job has left the coffers rather empty. It’s hard to justify paying $160 for a hosting fee for a blog when you need to pay a bill of higher…
Lent Isn’t Always About Loss
Christians all over the world are celebrating Ash Wednesday today (March 6) which marks the beginning of the Lenten season. Even non-Christians have an idea what Lent means. It is a season of sacrifice and suffering, a season for “giving up” something. As a child, I was encouraged to give up something I liked. Suggestions…
Are You Grateful For The Important Things?
Within the last year, my life has taken a turn down an unfamiliar road overgrown with thorns and obstacles. When I was forced by pain to quit my job I had no idea of the struggles and trials I was soon to face. Many of my acquaintances were quick to pat me on the back…
My Brave New Journey
In March this blog will be two years old. The same month will mark the first anniversary of my last day at a job I held for seventeen years. And I hope this year it will also be the beginning of a joining of those two events in a unique way. The journey I want…