What Crosses My Mind

  • Exploring Skeletons

    My day has been spent exploring my past. I realized something this morning that is out of my control. I can only make my own adjustments in my world, this small world where I keep myself safe from outside influences. So you ask what I mean by such a statement? I feel like I have…

  • Examining The Past; Welcoming The Future

    I’ve read guides that suggest we look at emotionally impactful experiences of our past and face them head on so we might better leave them behind. It can be both frightening and exhilarating to revisit our lives, both the failures and successes. I ended my career early as a whole, and now am contemplating taking…

  • Good Morning

    It’s how my day begins. I’m in my chair with a coffee and scanning the news, while my dog lays nearby with a toy. I have a couple of choices to make. I keep watching the news, or I choose to put on some music. I’ll begin with some Moody Blues to perhaps find inspiration.…

  • Therapy

    I’m stuck. I want to write something, but I really don’t want to admit my own personal struggle. So why is it difficult to talk about something I am so close to? The truth is as I am writing this right now, I’m nervous. It is difficult to admit to being vulnerable. I’ve made mistakes…

  • Addicted to Social Media

    It’s funny and a little disturbing how easy it is to scan back and forth the pages of social media. From your cell phone to opening pages on your computer repeatedly it’s pretty evident a lot of time is lost with the practice. I would be willing to admit that I may very well check…

  • Being Content

    My dog is two years old today. That time has gone by, and she is a wonderful companion. If I didn’t have her, I would be alone. She at least fills a bit of that void. Tonight is neighborhood night out in the United States. I need to really go out and interact with my…

  • Living With Anxiety

    Anxiety is something I didn’t really think about years ago, but I can literally remember specific moments today. Sitting in the library at school. Having to attend a study hall I had ignored for half a semester. Always having someone in school who I felt wanted to have it out with me, sending me home…

  • Adjustments

    It’s been five years for me. A lot has happened since Covid. None of it has been illness related from the effects of the disease. Just changes in my life, those that I had no idea were going to happen when they did. My marriage fell apart at the end of 2019, two weeks before…

  • What Is Essential With Aging?

    A few years ago, I knew someone that referenced our lives to contain around 25 remaining years. Why not enjoy that time rather than wear ourselves down with worry and concern, was a common thread in our conversation. I was relieved. I thought I could live a good life if I looked at things this…

  • Good Night

    I don’t quite know where I am tonight. I thought about my last writing and felt it was a pretty honest assessment of my current state of mind, for lack of a better word. What has lately been important to me is my relationship with my kids. It comes to the front of my mind…