I don’t know about you, but I have a problem seeing myself the way others seem to view me. When my parents tell me how proud of me they are or how far I’ve come, well, I have trouble believing it.
Category Archives: Thoughts
Reflection: The Price of Educating Oneself, part 4
Fall turned to winter, and winter to spring. Spring is a signal of rebirth and change. Big changes were on the horizon.
Reflection: The Price of Educating Oneself, part 3
After an extensive search, the powers that be hired a new boss. I was so excited. No longer would I feel the pull of so many directions. Others warned me to be careful.
Reflection: The Price of Educating Oneself, part 2
All around me I found myself having trouble relating to anyone. At work I was put in charge since no one else was a) around and b) willing to take on the responsibility. This would be my first big lesson in working relationships.
Reflection: The Price of Educating Oneself, part 1
Dwayne returned to Virginia in the winter of 2008. He had no job and not much to show for his year away. I was working full time, but things at work were going downhill fast. And my relationship with Dwayne could best be described as one frayed string being pulled so hard that it would surely break. Yet, somehow it held.
Food for Thought
Around these parts we eat dinner as a family every night. Seriously, a couple times while Megan was at college she even Skyped dinner with us. Now that speaks loudest to the importance of the ritual.
Reflection: Happy Birthday, Megan!
Nineteen years ago... A scared almost twenty year old new mom to be was in the hospital anxiously awaiting the arrival of her new little one. When the doctor said her blood pressure was high and she begged for something to stop the pain, or for someone to just shoot her, she still managed to asked if her baby ...
