Every morning, I sit in the corner of my office and write my 3-morning pages. It helps me clear my sleepy head, and get me ready for the day. As I finished up my pages today, I wondered how many months I have left in my 54th year of life? I'm not dying, (yet), I'm… Continue reading Mad mad mom goes all senior on us
Author: Shelley
Letting my quirk out one post at a time.
Magical Monday Moments
Ah, yes, it's the beginning of a work week and I've got nothing fancy planned for the day. It's back to work I go. But first...I need to feed my creative soul for just a few minutes. Never fear, dear, before I go off to work, I do pause to play. In fact, I have… Continue reading Magical Monday Moments
Empty Nest Reflections on Mother’s Day
It's quiet here this morning in our Lil' ol' empty nest. I'm an empty nest Mom, on Mother's Day. There, I said it. It's the first Mother's Day where I won't see either daughter. We have no forced plans to see them. Or a vacation to share. I can't believe we haven't hugged since we… Continue reading Empty Nest Reflections on Mother’s Day
Don’t strain your brain that hard
It's a strain on my brain when writer's block happens. But it happens to the best of writers. It's normal. Period. Why is it that we try to strain our brain so hard? Sometimes we should just sit back and watch life happen. Instead of curling back into ourselves, we should let the curious parts… Continue reading Don’t strain your brain that hard
What do you see when you see green?
Well, well, well...if that darn two-day stint with rain storms here in our little corner of the world hasn't helped green up things nicely. I couldn't paint a better picture of it if I tried. I don't paint, though, so...um...well, you know what I mean. The catalpa tree is still not budding, though. As one… Continue reading What do you see when you see green?
A day to just let it go
Do you ever have one of those days where you find the best approach to the day is to, "Just let it go?" That was my yesterday. The WHOLE DAY. A day of deep breaths and a "just let it go" attitude. It started crappy with a WordPress battle that was self-induced, sort-of, by my… Continue reading A day to just let it go