What else to do when sitting with mom, than scribble down thoughts and feelings and happenings in the moment, Sitting mom on her hospice path, life slowly leaving her, sitting with her wondering when…? She answers questions with bits of answer, bits of what she can say, drifting in and out, mostly out, Watching her …
Month: July 2025
Leaning Into Dadlife
If you’re a parent, sometimes (all the time?!), I think you gotta lean into the role, because sometimes (all the time?!) it’s not automatic, Not automatic in the sense that the decisions, actions, constant adjustments are often not without angst, bumps, struggle, At least for me, So I’m leaning into dadlife, picked this shirt today …
The Little Dragon’s Tummy Ache
Once there was a little dragon. Her name was Lucy. She went to little dragon elementary school. Lucy lived in a big black castle on the top of the hill. Her dad was *this* tall ; her mom was **this** tall. One day she told her mom she had a tummy ache. She could not …
Embracing Sino-Stuff
For sure things “Sino”, aka Chinese, are everywhere. And as time goes I’m working to try more truly Sino products of value. What does that mean? Of course many many MANY products are designed by other countries’ companies and then made in China. I’m speaking to products also designed by Chinese companies. Two recent examples …
Thus The Day Begins
I’ve got a good friend who starts the day this way most mornings, something like… Coffee in the cup, 2-3 newspapers — might be the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, and the local paper — spread out on his kitchen counter, and the daily crossword off to the side. It’s usually very early, …
Wrong Question
I’ve been asking myself the wrong question for years, it’s not a good practice, not a good idea to focus on things you can’t control, pipe, dreams, unrealistic to the moment, the reality, personalities, and human nature, Rather than asking yourself over and over why something is a particular way, instead consider how fortunate you …
Dark Days
I got this shirt not too long ago; the theme of the writing on the shirt and others that I have is similar, around mental health, keeping things together, acknowledging struggle. This one reads “don’t let the hard days win” … and that’s a good phrase, something to take heart in. But then a friend …
Both
Daily Prompt: “Are you seeking security or adventure?” I want both. Security? Adventure? I want both. It just depends on the day. I want both.
Full On
Another play today, another play on full, no lie I really like to chill, So fully chilled today I did, slow progress, progress none the less, Less was more today as I chipped away, project chores, house chores too, felt full to the afternoon, Need a nap so that’s what when down, down I went …
Feeling Full
Feeling full, funny phrase, yet apropos this day, so many things and free to do, nothing in my way, Except me, my feelings, and desire to indulge, self-care, first, lounging late, seeking solitude, Elders’ matters and house care later too, just now eyes closed a little longer, cozy a little more, Eventually will step through …
1/2_Full, All GOOD 