While the "official" relationship between
my husband, Tom, and my son, Mark, may be "stepdad" and "stepson," they
are actually two peas in a pod in lots of ways. Most ways, actually.
But, probably the most important way in which they are alike, much to
my chagrin, is in their joy in telling what they think are funny
"Dee/Mom" stories [...]
I was cleaning out and throwing away old computer disks of sizes we can no longer use, including those little square ones and zip disks, when I came across a title to a book I wanted to write. God Runs Ahead.I had gotten the idea one day several years ago while talking to a lady [...]
Hi! It's Friday and fairly warm, but rainy today. It rained most of the day yesterday, too, and Tom is gone so I dug in and spent most of the day in here at my "command post" at my desk with my computer and little color TV. I need to blog about that one day.A [...]
Have you been enjoying the winter "tree" photographs the past few days?!? I sure hope so. I've really been enjoying seeing them scroll across my screen saver one after another and having the winning photo as my desktop for just a while longer, since winter is well on it's way out. At least, here it seems [...]
Hi! Just a short post this morning because I have yet another doctor's visit in a couple of hours. It's about my depression and I have to get an Rx for the medication, which I've been "sampling," thanks to my generous doctor.I wanted to let you know that the announcement of all of the winners [...]
I want to comment on Monday's post about "Basic Rules For Daily Living." I've been thinking about them all week, and especially the first one about taking 20 minutes for yourself first thing every morning. I take that to heart.In fact, it's something that I've been practicing for quite a long time in my depression [...]
I'm borrowing my post today from "This Day's Thought," which is a wonderful service I receive every morning in my e-mail. It has a Thought for the Day, a Scripture for the Day, and often times a Smile for the Day. It operates in connection with Guideposts and I highly recommend it to you.I thought [...]
A moment of honesty . . . In talking with my psychologist about my deep depression a couple of weeks ago, he advised that one important thing I should do for myself for a while, at least, to try to get better is the carefully count the cost before I make a decision to do anything.For [...]
The new week started yesterday with bright sunshine, after a very bleak, cold, wet, dreary week. My mood brightened just a bit, too.When we moved into our house last summer, good friends gave us a fire pit as a housewarming gift. It was hot and muggy and while we appreciated the thought, it's use seemed [...]
It's been really cold and rainy and dreary this week and I'm really missing my back porch meditations. They always sooth me, even in the depression. I sit out there on the white wicker love seat with the lovely light yellow and blue flower cushions under the neat white ceiling fan and watch the tops [...]