What Crosses My Mind

  • 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…

  • Questioning Purpose

    I spend the majority of my days reevaluating my life. It’s not always pretty. I have a lot of failures along the way, and in my mind they’re capitulated within the last five years. I lost my marriage, quit my career early, lost a relationship, and have experienced a strain with my children, all created…

  • Show Goes On – Part II

    I’ve spent the last couple of days, soul-searching as is such a catchy phrase when trying to answer the difficult questions in our lives. I ran a theatre program for three years that began with nothing, and at least had something, when I saw the writing on the wall that told me it was time…