So….I have put on the quarantine fifteen…nineteen…twenty-two. And then I stopped weighing myself. I have backed myself in a clothing corner, unfortunately. I refuse to buy larger clothes and I gave away all of my big-lady clothes in April when the stay-at-home orders prompted a mass cleaning of my house. I was in my Kon-Mari…
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Peace in a Pandemic
2020 has been quite a year. I think one of my favorite memes has been a picture of David Bowie as the Goblin King. The caption read, “At this point, if the Goblin King invited me into the Labyrinth, I’d just go…” I think we all would. So far this year, Australia started burning, the…
Read MoreThe Quarantine 15 and Silencing Bill
I lost forty pounds last year. I needed to, desperately, since managing my weight becomes an all consuming activity as soon as I hit size 14. At size 16, I will have crossed the line to obsessive/compulsive behavior, buying every workout program that promises results and thinking about my weight on a minute-by-minute basis. It’s…
Read MoreSocial Injustice – Just an Opinion
Here we are in the back-half of 2020…and the year continues to bring more unrest. It’s been interesting to watch the varying responses to our current social crisis. Some people think it’s a crisis because the issue of racial inequality has never been dealt with. Some people think it’s a crisis because there is rioting…
Read MoreThe Race for Empathy
Hey – we are almost heading into the back half of 2020, otherwise known as Jumanji – Level 6. It’s been a year already…and by that, I mean, we have had enough experiences this year to fill several years worth of journals, scrapbooks and Facebook pages. We are still dealing with the aftermath, or is…
Read MoreLessons from the Pandemic
I don’t know about you but I always try to find little life lessons in every pandemic that I face. Ok – I’ve only faced one, but regardless, I believe that every situation can provide a plethora of life lessons. Here are the top things that I have learned over the last month while dealing…
Read MoreSinging While Sheltering
In my last post, I gave ideas of ten things that you can do while sheltering-in-place. I forgot to mention another one…rewriting Children’s Ministry songs to fit the current crisis. Why do I do this? I have no idea. It all stared with a “He’s Got the Whole World” challenge which in all honesty, I…
Read MoreTen Things to do During "Shelter-in-Place"
We live in a busy society with people rushing to work, speeding through Starbucks, working our shift and then rushing home. Our socialization is primarily digital and every moment typically is allotted an “essential” activity that leaves time for little else. We have just entered the Twilight Zone, however, and suddenly many of us are…
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'Shelter' as a Verb
I woke up this morning feeling a little useless. I’m a nurse but not on the front lines. I’ve worked in Health Education for eighteen years with fifteen of them being in some form of management. The faculty that I’m blessed to work beside will say that I’m a good manager, but my skills in…
Read MoreThe Humiliation Never Ends…
Does anyone else every lie in bed reliving your most humiliating moments? The memories don’t plague me often, but when they do, I can really question how I ended up in charge of a nursing program and owning my own business. On a positive note, the memories definitely keep me humble which I found encourages…
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Mothering, Marriage and Menopause 