Everyone needs a house to live in, but a supportive family is what builds a home. Anthony Liccione I originally wrote and published this post in July of 2019. The other day, I came across it again while perusing through the blog. The fall always does this to me; it brings out the nostalgic feelings in the most remarkable ways….
Read More
Shitters Full… :)
What! That can’t be true… it’s 2020! 🙄 Yep…I’ve had a few Clark Griswold moments- more than once this year! (LANGUAGE WARNING!!) “Ummm…your toilets gurgling.” That was the text I got from carol while we were in Wyoming. “Hmmm…well, I can’t really do anything about it from here, so let’s not worry about it right now.” (she was leaving.) Not…
Read More
Home
Can I even begin to describe how happy I am that this colder weather has seemed to arrive earlier than expected? Summer appears to have ended suddenly, and without notice. (I never check the weather forecast unless I know I’m going to be out in it. That was always Joe’s job.) Spending our winters in Florida was never on my…
Read More
Suicide
“People that commit suicide don’t wanna die, they just want the pain to stop.” -Joe Beckley That’s what Joe told me two weeks before taking his own life. After he walked into the house and handed me his gun. “I took it to the shop, I put it in my mouth, and held it against my head. I am so…
Read More
92 Days
Three months today, 13 weeks yesterday. Time does NOT standstill. Not even for a second. But I am making progress. I’ve been dreaming and believing in a new way; I’m excited about some things. I’m making plans. I’m moving forward. I just got to spend two weeks with Travis and Amanda out west. It was good for my soul, and…
Read More