May

I am blessed to have a soft bed, a window fan, feather pillows and clean sheets. 

I am blessed to be at peace with the day, most of the past, and to live with anticipation of what joys tomorrow may bring. 

I sleep between a good man and an old cat, both of whom give me tremendous joy.

Almost all of my dreams are sweet, the rest...I simply forget.

Thank you Lord for the many blessings you bestow. 
 
Amen

 

They say it their way....

Resilience has been shown to be more than just the capacity of individuals to cope well under adversity.^{[citation needed]} Resilience is better understood as the opportunity and capacity of individuals to navigate their way to psychological, social, cultural and physical resources that may sustain their well-being, and their opportunity and capacity individually and collectively to negotiate for these resources to be provided and experienced in culturally meaningful ways.<sup>[34]

I say it mine.</sup>

Your prescription will be ready in about 7 minutes...

It was the kind of day that only eating could fix
A greasy day...cheesy day....a spicy day. 
A day I had to visit the Food Pharmacy

"Carb craving is part of daily life," says Judith Wurtman, PhD, a former scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and co-author of The Serotonin Power Diet. She and her husband, MIT professor Richard J. Wurtman, have long researched carbohydrates and their link to mood and depression.

The Wurtmans published a landmark article about carbs and depression in Scientific American in 1989. They are convinced that the carbohydrate craving is related to decreases in the feel-good hormone serotonin, which is marked by a decline in mood and concentration. 

And the prescription refill can be ready in about 7 minutes.

You can lead them to fun...but you can't make them happy

I'm up at 3:00ish, after feeding the furball and I stumble across a comment VerDell made in response to something about Making Childhood Magical, I didn't read the article, but her comment knocked me out. If you know me, then you know, anything you say...or in this case write...is up for grabs in my book. So, thanks Nancy Daniel Vest for the sweet inspiration...you have always been the best teacher, in the classroom and out!

The Long Way

I have always been afraid of getting lost, one might find that hard to believe about me, but I like the well beaten path, the predictable route. 

I believe in having a plan, sometimes that is the only way I can get from point A to point B, given the frenzied brain syndrome I have battled all my life.  I believe in the old "one step at a time" advice for gittin' there.  My maps have served me well.

So....how did I end up here?

Here's what I think.  You can take all the detours you can find, but if there is a life lesson you need to experience,  it will find you.

It will amaze you...it will teach you...and you will grow. 
Thank you Miss Universe for draggin' me down the side roads and gettin' me back on the discovery trail. 

Focus Pocus - Poof Be gone

I am easily distracted...and lately, that seems to be a good thing.  I think if I actually sat down and thought about all that's goin' on, I'd be plum crazy.  

For me, solutions are nothin' but glorified "quick fixes" that seem to magically appear when I need one.
 
Until then, what you see is all smoke and mirrors.

We are family..

Remind yourself, not to spend too much time trying to figure out the puzzle that is "Family" as there will always be a piece missing, perhaps a piece you never knew existed.


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