Today was a quiet, undemanding day. Hallelujah! I can indulge in some private time while Dad naps. My sister, Kathy, has arrived in Paris by now and is heading to St. Jean-Pied-de-Port, on the French side … Continue reading
Thursday is my other day off. Dad’s caregiver Shannon comes earlier. I must drive all the way to Denver, to the Denver branch of the Taoist Tai Chi Society. My husband David found their school in Fairbanks 11 years ago, … Continue reading
You may not have noticed this 😉 , kind reader, but I mentally process while I write. Kathy and I come from two long lines of undemonstrative families, and we both developed habits of writing emotional letters of … Continue reading
We were worried about Dad waking up in an unfamiliar room, for the first time in YEARS, but he took it in stride, ‘whew. He sleeps about 20 hours of the day; nevertheless, when the light dawns he insists … Continue reading
5-A January 2015 Wow, what a day! My two brothers are mechanics at a big Bombardier recreational-vehicles dealership outside Denver. Geoff and Matt get Sundays and Mondays off. So, on the last Monday before our sister, Kathy, … Continue reading
My brother, Geoff, and I returned from lunch in Boulder after 4PM, but had to stop by the post office and hardware store. WOW! Geoff, a burly mechanic in a full-sized pickup truck could barely open his truck’s door, and … Continue reading
Today was a big day for my Monday Morning Meditation women’s group. We founded our foursome in October 2013. Our inspiring leader, Carole, had to move out of the mountains for health reasons last summer, and we have been meeting … Continue reading
Last night, after reading in My View from Heaven that we all have spirit guides around us all the time, I took a break to use the Tarot in a layout for advice on my New Year. I was actually … Continue reading
I continue to read avidly MY VIEW FROM HEAVEN, A Boy’s Story of His Journey to Heaven and the Purpose of Life on Earth. According to J.T. Baptista, we all create what Caroline Myss calls “Sacred Contracts,” to outline the … Continue reading
I have been stressing over the title and domain name for this blog for weeks. It will be about two different but coincident storylines of my current life: caring for my father who’s dying slowly and studying my radically new … Continue reading