by Susan | Jul 20, 2021 | Awareness
Surrender – cease resistance to an enemy or opponent and submit to their authority. I’m having trouble with letting go of trying to manage situations. I have control only over myself, how I respond and what I do. Once I do what I can I have trouble surrendering...
by Susan | Jul 13, 2021 | Awareness, Horses, Lessons From the Horses
Do you ever have those moments when you’re so in your head you forget what you’re doing? While I was out feeding this morning, I started out to the horses with the food for the cats. I was so in my head I almost reached the fence. The horses were quietly munching...
by Susan | Jul 6, 2021 | Awareness
Do you ever feel invisible? Do you want to have Harry Potter’s cloak of invisibility? I read a post this week where a woman said that when she was a child her parents didn’t acknowledge her so she would do things to get their attention. Which means she would get their...
by Susan | Jun 29, 2021 | Awareness, Communications
To say moving my mom out of her house of 50 years has been an adventure might be an understatement. I’m learning a lot about why I am who I am. While going through my room I found a Keirsey Temperament Sorter that a counselor friend of my parents sent me when I was...
by Susan | Jun 22, 2021 | Awareness
Tests – the last few months have been full of them. My mom signed a contract on her house and will close in a little over a week. Along with that May was a month full of travel, some unexpected, and I no more than returned from Hawaii and I was in the final stages of...
by Susan | Jun 15, 2021 | Grief, Relationships
After a year we finally completed the celebration of life for my dad. It was a daunting task and I’d be lying if I said it went off without a hitch. I spent most of the week before going through old pictures to put in a video. Fortunately, he had scanned the old...
by Susan | Jun 8, 2021 | Awareness
It finally feels like summer. I’m back from my island vacation, feeling renewed, to a whirlwind of activity. I’m planning a celebration of life for my dad who died last year during the pandemic and my mother is moving out of the house that she’s lived in for 50 years....
by Susan | Jun 1, 2021 | Awareness, Travel
It’s a little after three in the morning and the rooster just started crowing. There is a cacophony of sounds here. As it gets dark the coqui frogs start to serenade us. Then early in the morning, the rooster starts up and a little later he is joined by more birds...
by Susan | May 25, 2021 | Awareness, Caregiving
As I sit in the garden and listen to the birds singing, I am content. Nature has a way of repairing the wounds we receive if we’ll let it. I am a survivor. I’ve survived breast cancer. I’ve survived caregiving and the loss of my husband at an early age. Being...
by Susan | May 18, 2021 | Awareness
Sometimes everything flows naturally. Sometimes I need a little more motivation. I love to sit down with a cup of coffee in the mornings to start my day. I enjoy holding the hot steaming cup in my hands and feeling the warmth. I love the aroma and the taste. Sitting...
