Wow. I actually started to write a blog in 2009...only I forgot the title and couldn't find it. You know the saying that nothing ever disappears on the internet? I found my old blog. The title was very close to this one - "Life is Like Juggling Hand Grenades." I think that's why it didn't catch … Continue reading
“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.” ― Karen Blixen, Out of Africa“All sorrows can be borne if you can put them into a story.” ― Karen … Continue reading The Hardship That I Am Most Thankful For…
Yesterday I was having a conversation with my son, who is a pretty cool guy. We were talking about my recent avocation as a writer for my blog. This week’s Finish the Sentence Friday post was written in response to the prompt, “When I was 19…” which naturally started me thinking about the events in … Continue reading San Diego, 1976-1980…and The Catalina…
When I was 19, having barely recovered from the soul-shredding angst that had accompanied turning 18 the year before…I was living in San Diego, learning about the Big. Bad. World. We lived in a rental house on Lamar Street in Spring Valley, and I drove a ratty ass old Pontiac Catalina convertible that my Great … Continue reading
Lucky me...pregnant for the first time at the ripe old age of 30...this was 27 years ago and I'm trying to remember who it was that referred me to my OB/GYN...probably our family doctor, who was also my father in law's best friend. Great guy...so anyway, he referred me to an OB/GYN. I had a … Continue reading On Learning Things About Your Doctor…That You’d Rather. NOT. Know.
I don't think that I had realized just how depleted I was emotionally and in every other possible way after the events of this summer...thankful, but thoroughly depleted...in fact, this self-portrait by Michelangelo from the Sistine Chapel ceiling pretty much sums it up:Michelangeo Buonarroti, detail, Last Judgement, Sistine Chapel I was talking with someone this morning, … Continue reading That Was an AWESOME VACATION…
My dear friend Cindy Ray Lagstrom shared this photo on her Facebook page and it started me thinking about war...and loss..and the fact that Armistice Day is coming up in just 8 days:...so I looked up the poem, "In Flanders Fields." Here it is:In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark … Continue reading In Flanders Fields…
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lifeislikeahandgrenade
LIFE IS LIKE A HAND GRENADE 