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When I was young, and being Irish, I always thought the saying, “Luck of the Irish” meant they were lucky. Beings that my luck, especially at casinos, is usually for my friend sitting next to me, not me, I realized it meant the “Lack” of the luck of the Irish! All kidding aside, I haveContinue reading “Luck of The Irish”

It’s going to be a great day!

I not only made the six hour drive to the coast for my family’s emergency and back home, now a week later, but managed to accomplish a lot to help them. Sometimes these diversions take you away from your own problems and let you find your strengths are there when needed. Planning a trip toContinue reading “Finding Strength When Needed”

It only takes an unexpected phone call to turn your life upside down. This afternoon I got a call from a DSHS worker regarding my cousins that live six hours away. The dad is in his nineties and son in his sixties who relies on his dad for everything since his stroke. I’ve been helpingContinue reading “Dealing With The Unexpected”

I wanted so badly to go back and visit my family in Michigan and Ohio but with the Pandemic I cancelled my flight for last fall, and have been nervous and apprehensive about rescheduling with the ups and downs still about the pandemic. Well, last night I decided to bite the bullet and make myContinue reading “Taking The Risk”

Love is an individual emotion shared between two people. If you have ever been in love more than once, like I have, each one was totally different. Why? Because each person brought their own personality, character and experience to the relationship. Extenuating circumstances and experiences also play a large part. Some of them being hiddenContinue reading “Will I Ever Feel That Way Again”

I was waiting in line at the drug store following the six feet distancing and the elderly woman in front of me was picking up a prescription. She commented to the sales clerk, “_____ unexpectedly passed away today. Just hours ago. He just finished having multiple surgeries and was doing well until a blood clotContinue reading “What Should I Have Done”

I saw this pop up on my Facebook page and played it. It was beautiful. Wild birds visiting this woman on her balcony. It gave me such a peaceful feeling. Do you have birds nearby? I have a porch with a huge Lilac bush that small birds have been in even this winter. When it’sContinue reading “In Spite Of Everything, Life Can Be Good”

I’ve grown up in the era of the first TV, the first computer, the first trip to the moon, the first electric car, the first cell phones, and so much more. As I sat in front of my older laptop for hours last night waiting patiently and eventually impatiently for all the photos to downloadContinue reading “What Happened To The Simple Life”

The reason I am still here and didn’t leave when Ted did, as we use to hope we would, is because God still has a purpose for me. My job is to first figure out what that is. That takes awareness, of my surroundings, of little whisperings in my mind that I use to thinkContinue reading “I Just Realized God Still Has A Purpose For Me”