Sucker Punched “Mom, of all the jobs to get why would you pick THAT one?” I understand my son’s question. For eight years while raising him and his brother, I also took care of my mother as she fought and eventually succumbed to lung cancer. Years of doctor visits, treatments, and ultimately home hospice care left me exhausted. So when I needed to take on a second job, accepting a position as a caretaker came as quite a surprise to my boys. “I know baby” I told him. “But honestly, it’s work that I’m comfortable with. And if I have to spend extra hours doing something, I would rather do this. At least this time I get to come home, and I can sleep through the night.” “I guess,” he replied, a shadow crossing his face. “I admire you mom, I couldn’t do it again.” I used to worry about my boys living with their grandmother and watching her fade away. But I think, well, I hope, it helps them u...
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First Date (I know you’re busy. So if you want to listen to the story you can find it here, First Date Audio ) Guess what? I have a superpower. Want to know what it is? My knees can predict the weather. Seriously. Now, don’t be jealous. I have honed this skill to a fine art since turning 50. So when I wake up on Saturday morning and swing my legs over the side of the bed I know 2 things. One, rain is coming. Two, I know without looking that it’s about 6:30in the morning. Because after years of working and caring for my family my body wakes me up early, even on the weekends. I should work out, I think. I can hear my mom, “Pumpkin, a body in motion stays in motion and a body at rest stays at rest”. But as the rain starts and I think about the things on my weekend to do list, I convince myself that grocery shopping, laundry and cleaning my 3-level home will be today’s cardio, lunges and lifts. ...
Welcome to my Nook!
Welcome to my nook! Sometimes I have big thoughts and even bigger feelings. Sometimes I even fancy myself a bit of a storyteller. A couple of things happened to get me here. First, as the world tilts in an unnerving way towards shadow, I struggle sometimes to get my footing. And while we work to lean us back to Light, I find solace in the guaranteed happy ending of romance stories. They are so much fun! Second, there was a trend on social media where people would apply a filter to photos that would reimagine them as a Disney Pixar character. So naturally I thought, what would my life look like if I saw regular events through a romance, Disney Pixar filter? I’m mean who wouldn’t, right? And voila! Since my life is not very interesting and I have a short attention span, I’ve landed on short stories. I gifted myself with this cozy spot to imagine and it made sense to invite you to imagine w...