This is a good, hard weekend. Saturday we celebrated the life of my father-in-law. On Friday night I began to fall apart. I have certainly had my moments of tears and grief over the past few weeks. But this was different. This was the dam breaking, tears flowing, heart aching falling apart I usually reserve for well after whatever the […]
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Re-entry
How are you doing with “re-entry?” Are you feeling good, ready to meet the world head on, or are you feeling anxious, over-stimulated and have a need to slow-it-down? Remember the breathless, high blood pressure rat race of our previous prepandemic lives? I too remember the fast-paced, heart palpitating, nose to the grindstone hustle. That was life for years until […]
Post Pandemic Daydream (II)
Slowly, slowly, I feel myself returning the world. Not physically. Not yet. The post-pandemic world is not yet upon us. But in my mind, and maybe, just maybe, there are tiny green tendrils of hope sprouting underground in my heart. For the first time in years I can listen to and watch the news without tenseness humming through my body. […]
Post Pandemic Daydream
I am hugging a friend. We are standing in the driveway, our arms about each other’s necks, laughing, hugging so tightly, overwhelmed with emotion. This is the first time we have hugged in over a year, and we are filled with love, joy and relief. We are not wearing masks. As I emerged from this daydreamed scene I found wet […]
