Category: Caregiving

No Complaints

Help! I am trapped in my own home with electric and running water. I have food and clothing and great connections to the outside world. Please know I am fine, but I do want to share my current emotional state with the world-at-large. I believe it could be pending…pending the next virus update. I wake… Continue reading No Complaints

Patience is a Virtue

Well, it’s a virtue but it’s not a priority. It is so hard to be in traffic knowing you will not be able to find hand sanitizer once you arrive at your grocery store. Living in Sarasota, Florida…the cars race past the water and beautiful Marie Selby Botanical Gardens instead of slowing to enjoy the… Continue reading Patience is a Virtue

The Parent Trap

You can work your hardest to be a great mom and still feel like a failure.  I don’t know why this happens, but I do know you deserve to feel supported.  You deserve to be uplifted by your efforts, not the final outcome.  Because there is no final outcome.  There is joy from the few… Continue reading The Parent Trap

Opening Up to You

I am now going to push myself to open up to you. I know I started this website to help other women get through difficult times. I can’t believe for someone (me) who loves to talk and talk and talk, I am having trouble opening up to you. I know one of my concerns is… Continue reading Opening Up to You

Facing my Fears

I have so many fears, I can’t keep track of them and that makes me fearful.   I fear running out of money.  I’m guessing that most people fear being poor.  Do you feel that way?  I don’t fear being unable to work and make money.  Ok, I fear making enough money to finish paying… Continue reading Facing my Fears

Travel Back in Time

You don’t have to have go back far in your memory bank to find a beautiful image.  In October of 2019, I traveled to Italy.  It was truly what everyone told me it would be, beautiful.  This simple picture was taken in a hallway of a hotel.  The hotel was where my man, Rusty, and… Continue reading Travel Back in Time

Feeling Young, Feeling Old

I am wondering how you are feeling?  I live in Sarasota, and I feel young.  I think if I lived in New York City, I wouldn’t, I’d definitely feel older.  How do I know that I am getting older?  There are signs.  I am now seeing the signs on a weekly basis.   I am… Continue reading Feeling Young, Feeling Old

Writer’s Cramp

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  It may be, but it is not easy for everyone to write a thousand words.  I am now being approached by writers as I write at my favorite coffee shops.  “Excuse me, you’re a writer?”  “How do you concentrate in this noisy cafe?” “Are you writing… Continue reading Writer’s Cramp

Sarasota – The Place I Call Home

I am lucky to live in Sarasota.  I have been here for over 2 years but still feel like I am on vacation.  Living in our town is paradise.  Now, I know Sarasota is not perfect but it comes close.  There are so many aspects I could highlight.  The John Ringling Causeway has to be… Continue reading Sarasota – The Place I Call Home