Many of us live with a list of things we plan or hope or imagine that we will do… someday. Someday when we have enough money. Someday when the children are grown. Someday when we have more time. Someday when ______________. It has occurred to me that these strange times we find ourselves in may very well be someday. I am fortunate to be able to do my work (albeit NOT the same quality or…
It’s no secret that I’m not a baby person! I’m often that one person in the room that pulls back or shies away from holding the coworker’s baby when they come to visit the office after giving birth. When my siblings had their children, I was living afar and only had opportunity to interact in small doses. My friends have often been people with grown/older children, those that haven’t yet had them, OR those that,…
Unexpected changes to plans left me entirely alone with myself yesterday. A cancellation and a postponement left me with a day of no requirements, no appointments, no nothing. Initially, it felt daunting. I had many things I wished to do (blog, read, edit a friend’s novel, cook, sort my clothes, go shopping for a new juicer, backup my computer, do laundry, etc, etc). Yes, the list of things TO DO grew to be long. And…