The Love We Find, and the People We Lose

93 days later.

How two people can connect and bond and laugh together so well....almost like they've known each other for a lifetime....and then fall apart....is beyond me.

National Good Neighbor Day "Unity through Community"

"A good neighbor is a beautiful blessing in our lives."

Sometimes it seems that our world is too hectic...sometimes we get so caught up trying to do too much, hyper-focused on the busyness of life, often to the point of forgetting the little daily connections which once made our lives richer. Maybe we just miss out on the part about caring for others, having conversations and day to day exchanges and hellos, because we're busy, but at the same time, we speak wistfully of the previous decades as if such interaction was one of the best parts of our lives. 

 

Last Day of Summer

September 22nd: I'm having mixed feelings this morning on the last day of summer.....what a whirlwind the last few months have been. The first half of the year was a time of growth and discovery; a season of exciting new possibilities and stepping out of my often-introverted self, followed abruptly by several eye-opening, challenging and painful events.

"With Great Love Also Comes Great Loss"

Four little words which have been running through this year like a rippling stream, reminding me that with great love, friendship, kindness and caring, there is also great loss. Four words to describe a painful year of letting go......stumbling; falling; breaking; surviving.

Avast, me Hearties! It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

Happy 19th day of September to you. We've sailed into that exceptionally delightful occasion where it's perfectly acceptable to pretend to be someone else, as long as that someone else is a seafaring, ship-dwelling, dastardly pirate. ☠️🏴‍☠️ (I mean, really....who DOESN'T love this day?) 😄