A new chapter

Good Sunday morning everyone! A couple of days ago I wrote a post about our search for a new home, and a member of our community (thank you Patte) recommended listening to the Mary Chapin Carpenter song, Another Home. I pulled it up on YouTube and immediately the tears started. It talks about new ways…

moving forward

Up until two years ago, the work that I did with people was done from my home. There were both positives and negatives to this. I loved the casual, friendly feel of having people into our home, but it also meant that I had to be more vigilant about cleaning and making sure our animals…

Letting my heart lead the way, changing my mind

We  spent a wonderful Easter with Tom and Lindsay (my oldest son and his girlfriend) and her family. Tom moved back to the northeast a year ago, and this is the first time, in many years that we've lived within driving distance of each other.  On Sunday, it struck me that if Jack and I…

Begin

This past Sunday afternoon I found myself lying on the couch, not wanting to move.  As I looked around the room, I saw clutter on my computer desk, cat hair on the rug, the coffee table had stacks of books on it that I hadn't put away, under it was a box filled with odds…

Inventing new games. Playing “with” the Universe

I came home Wednesday to find this photograph of Jack on my desk.  He was 16 at the time it was taken. I couldn't stop looking at it. I've never seen him smile that way before...so relaxed, so happy looking, so fresh. He seems to be thinking, "Don't worry about anything, life is really good!"…

It’s time

I found a beautiful blue robin's eggshell yesterday morning about 1/2 mile into my run. I picked it up...admired the color and thought, this is almost the same color as my new office. I ran along with this tiny bit of shell, that once protected, nurtured and finally released new life into the world,...just the…

Home

I was shopping yesterday and saw this card. I had to buy it. The caption is: "Having a place to go is a home. Having someone to love is a family" Donna Hedges Jack and I have decided to move into town. We want a bigger place, one that can more easily accommodate  family, visitors and…