It's happened again. Someone has died and I'm gobsmacked. Shocked. Slapped up sideways that someone I admire is no longer here. Poof. Impossible. My mind refuses to believe that this person was here one minute and gone the next. Naive? I don't think so. My own husband died … [Read more...] about Apparently I Needed Yet Another Wake Up Call
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Skating on Thin Ice
The good folks over at Finish The Sentence Friday have come up with a beaut of a prompt this week. "The hardship I'm most thankful for ..." Of course I could natter on about the gigantic elephant in the room. That hellish hardship of my 38 year-old husband dying and leaving … [Read more...] about Skating on Thin Ice
Do Quirk Magnets Attract?
It took a few days for her to share her biggest worry. "Will you have enough material, Kel?" Mum was referring to my gift for her 93rd birthday; the declaration that I'm going to write a book about our astonishing adventures that occurred over the ten years we worked … [Read more...] about Do Quirk Magnets Attract?
Why I Couldn’t Compromise On These Two
I compromised on a lot of things this past week. But there were two exceptions I managed to stand firm on. Do allow me to enlighten you as to why I couldn't compromise on these two. The first was Finish The Sentence Friday. That's the blog link I belong to where every Friday … [Read more...] about Why I Couldn’t Compromise On These Two
Life Lessons Outside the Classroom
Man alive is it already time for another Finish the Sentence Friday? Yikes. Today's sentence prompt is "I'm done with school but ..." I'm done with school but ... ... not really. I'm still learning. Everyday. Yes life lessons outside the classroom are a constant in my life. … [Read more...] about Life Lessons Outside the Classroom