Tag: poem

  • 2017-11-11 The Phone Call that Changed Everything

    Sometimes we look back at moments in our lives and realize there was a particular occurance or decision or person that had a huge impact. Something so significant, it altered the course of our path and perhaps put us going in a new direction. Many times we don’t even realize those moments until weeks, months,…

  • 2017-10-23 I Did It!! 😃

    I’ve been writing for over 30 years. I’ve been meandering happily along the path of life and always choosing something else as my priority. Be that as it may, writing has always been my rock. It’s been my “way out”. It’s been one of the only things that I could truly rely on at every…

  • 2017-09-11 Sixteen Years Ago Today

    Sixteen years ago, about this time of the day I was sitting in a perpetually unbearable conference room in a temporary building being rented by the health system to accommodate an overflow of people needed to support a number of mission critical implementation projects. I was pregnant with Z and still in the first trimester.…

  • 2017-07-11 Portland: What People Do

    When in Portland Today we did what people in Portland do And went to have donuts at the VooDoo. Today we did what people in Portland do And walked up and down 3rd Avenue We spied some parks and a fountain too. We ate at a food truck or two. We did the things that…

  • 2017-06-21 Still Too Much – Part Two (The Talking Heads Edition)

    Two blog posts in one day.. that has not happened in a long time. It must mean that too much is still too much and I’m having trouble handling it. I’m just winding down for the day and am laying in my bed thinking about this reality. I’m fighting the urge to go down to…

  • 2017-05-20 No Risk, No Reward

    I have a wonderful friend from back in the day. I’m going to call her, Princess KK Now Princess KK is smart, successful, and also quite funny. She’s pretty and clever and lives somewhere not so sunny. We don’t chat very often, in-fact, almost never Because we are far apart and, of course, busy as…

  • 2017-02-08 You Can’t Always Get What You Want

    But if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need… OR NOT. I’ve had a cardboard box of stuff packed up for a couple of days now. The box has been sitting on my kitchen table and I’ve had to stare it down at every breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Seeing it…