The author shares personal updates, including earning two Master's degrees, experiencing significant family events, embracing an empty nest, and discovering the calming joy of raising chickens. Happy New Year!
Life has a funny way of taking you on journeys that you never planned for and certainly never imagined. Had someone told me ten years ago that I would be married to my ex-husband and the director of a library, I would have scoffed
It's hard to break out of the mindset of materialism, but perhaps in light of the after effects of the pandemic and the changing economy, it's time we get back to simple.
Humans are not robots. We are not designed to go non-stop 24/7. Even machines cannot do this. They have to be shut-down periodically for updates, they overheat, parts wear out, and they freeze up. If machines do this, why on earth would society think humans will not?
In a time when so much strife and division seems to be surrounding this country, the world, it is sometimes difficult to understand what there is to celebrate…
Thanksgiving was tricky for some, but Christmas is so riddled with traditions, that to break from them rattles the senses and foundations to which we have grown accustomed.
My ability to stay positive was quickly slipping as I realized more changes would soon be on the way; I felt the slippery slope of depression hugging at the corner of my spirit.