Tag: decisions
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What’s So Great About Freedom?

photo courtesy of Tim Mossholder on Unsplash Growing up with hard-working parents who had high expectations for each of us kids was a gift and a challenge. I learned that a good work ethic could make the difference in how I lived. The other side of that was I wanted freedom from the many rules…
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To Create Or Not To Create

I’m not, by gifting, a crafty person. As in making crafts, not the indirect, deceitful kind. Though I do have my days. Creating with friends, however, is another story. Our group from work had a bonding time one afternoon when we spent time making boards, trays, and a variety of other things out of wood.…
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Shouldn’t Have Done That
No one should have been surprised. He’s only eight months old. Putting things in his mouth is expected. But swallowing a large rubber lizard? Aspen, the dog my daughter’s family loves to love and laugh at, stopped eating and drinking for two days. He became lethargic, so not like himself. They took him to the…
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Periscope Up On 2016
“It’s water over the dam.” That’s what Dad would say when something was done that couldn’t be undone. When it was time to walk away from fretting about what I couldn’t change. Like 2015. It’s a done deal. Finished. Can’t bring it back or change any decisions I made during this past year.…