I'm tired of pretending. I don't want to be fake or a burden or anything other than who I am and how I feel, but that's hard. It shouldn't be. We all know those inspirational quotes about just being yourself and you're enough just as you are. Be authentic. Be kind to yourself. Blah, blah,… Continue reading Is pretending a part of your life?
Tag: life changes
Being a non-mother
Let's talk about children. Let's talk about motherhood. I'm sure some of you who are reading this are mothers and some aren't. Some have borne children while others are stepmothers, foster mothers, godmothers or something like a mother. But what if you aren't a mother at all? What if you never carried a child in… Continue reading Being a non-mother
This thing called life
It's true what people say--one day you're living your life and doing fine and the next...well the next day, the next moment, can be life changing. Let's talk about writing first. What are you working on now? Are you excited about it? Are you working on more than one project? I have two fiction manuscripts… Continue reading This thing called life
Almost Fifty
Is this really it? Is this what life is like now for me who's less than a month from turning fifty years old? Fifty years old! And all I can think is--how the hell did that happen? Wasn't it just 1981 and my family moved to rural Beltsville? The library was an old trailer down… Continue reading Almost Fifty
Location, Location, Nope
When I was a kid, I longed for something different, something more than my suburban Maryland neighborhood gave me. I wanted to be at the beach in Ocean City, or in the desert in Tucson. I loved traveling because that meant I didn't have to be in the same boring places all the time--my house,… Continue reading Location, Location, Nope
Accepting Unwanted Change
A year ago, I developed an eye disorder that I know now is called Binocular Vision Dysfunction. How did I develop it? What caused it? I still don't know. But it's a part of my life now. Funny how life can change so fast. An unwanted change. Last February, Brian (my husband) and I were… Continue reading Accepting Unwanted Change
Home (Part 2)
Is it fair to expect our new house, or any house, to live up to our former "camelot?" When we went shopping for our next house, we had a smaller budget and didn't want the large yard or need the two-car garage (though that would've been really nice). Instead, location, price and a house we… Continue reading Home (Part 2)
Home (Part one)
We sold the house we had lived in for five years last June. When we bought it in 2016, we knew it wouldn't be our forever home. But even though I knew that, it didn't stop me from nesting in it, falling in love and not wanting to leave. I am the kind of person… Continue reading Home (Part one)
Going through change as an INFJ
I just got off the phone with an old coworker. Maria was the housekeeper for the veterinary hospital I worked in during the 90's. She's 67 today and really hasn't changed that much over the years. She's a simple person, a woman with a strong work ethic, good intentions and a crazy personality. I've always… Continue reading Going through change as an INFJ
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