Brain Dump
Lorena
Do you ever want to take a vacation so you can get some work done? Here are some things that are floating around in my overflowing brain…. I need to…
2026
1460 Days of Being a Widow
Time Keeps on Slipping, Slipping, Slipping into the Future Really? Again? Didn’t I just write a post about being a three-year-old widow? Now it’s already four years? That seems ……
Shuffling things around
Today, as I’m writing this (you’ll be reading it on my tomorrow, your today, so this takes place in your yesterday) I am doing my work in the house instead…
So, yesterday
Yesterday started off great; watched an episode of DS9 with Sharon and Ginny (even though we all live in different states, we’ve been watching science fiction shows together four mornings…
Coming back to yourself
Trauma and grief can make you forget who you are. For 100 days, I woke up, I made coffee, I drove to the hospital an hour away, I spent the…
Recurring dreams of home. But not home. But, home.
I’ve been staring at the TV for about 15 minutes while one gunfire scene has been playing. How do they not run out of bullets? I swear, there is some…
That little voice in your head
Maybe there’s a dirty mug in the sink, with a spoon in it. Maybe you forgot to clean the crumbs off the cutting board from your cinnamon toast snack the…
Dear Tim; we need to talk about our bathroom
By that I mean “my bathroom,” but whatever. You’re still here a lot, in my head. When we first came to look at this place, I couldn’t help but laugh…
A gray immovable rock in glass-smooth water
Here’s the thing about coming out of a narcissistic fog. You haven’t just lost your time; you’ve lost your “spark.” You’ve spent so long being a background character in their…
More Than a Little Tired: The State of the Place
Here’s where I am right now. I wanted to take two weeks off at Christmas to have a little physical (and mental) down-time and be able to spend a good…
Hoover; not just a vacuum cleaner
Silence. The silence that feels less like a vacuum in space and more like a spa day. The kind of silence where you begin to enjoy the sound of your…
Too angry to write
I’m trying to figure out how to write a blog post for work, that’s somewhat political. The very idea is terrifying! I’ve always thought business owners should keep their mouths…