Tag: contentment
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There’s Merry In All That Minutia
I tend to look at details as my nemesis. They’re like a small army of invaders, skilled in deception, cunning and craftiness. They hide where I never look. They fall through the cracks only to pop back up again. Their war cry is, “Ah ha! Missed me again!” It’s so easy for me, during this…
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When Enough Is Enough
I need to better appreciate the humor in the unexpected. Particularly if it has to do with bodily fluids. Teagan, the six-year-old master of drama, proliferate with his words, was in a quiet, subdued mood this past Sunday. First clue. You can never put “Teagan” and “subdued” in the same sentence. It’s an oxymoron. As…
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I’ll Have It My Way
We’re hitting a cold spell in Florida that is very typical for this time of year. I tease my sister, who lives in Chicago, that I’m positively freezing here–at 50 degrees. And it’s still sunny. She commented to me the other day that it was 20 below with the windchill. And grey. Dismal. There really…