Big Picture

Every once in a while I check the rear-view mirror of my life and am amazed and delighted at the life I have had – and have today, even though it is not at all the life I was expecting or planning for…I hope you can say the same.

These three humans have changed a great deal in the last 50+ years. LOL We don’t always know what we’re doing or where we’re going, but we stay connected to each other and the siblings and cousins that came later. We just do it (most of us anyway) not even a question for most of us.

I don’t blog every day, but I am learning every day. I try to share the best and worst of those lessons here, with you.

~R.

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a lens for my perfectly flawed life

Speak Up Ladies

I’m So Fucking Mad

“It’s not fair!”. Dad said, “Sissy, life isn’t fair.” – OMG you would have thought he shot our dog.

Happy Birthday, My Ass

I said, “Getting older is a drag. I think 80 is just the right age to check out.”

He responded, “I did too, until I turned 80”

Oh we laughed and laughed – but I don’t remember speaking to him again after that.

Ingratitude or IN Gratitude?

It never occurred to me that the blog name or website would be looked at as Ingratitude. HA! Silly redhead.

Time Takes Time

As we’re nearing the end of this fucking year…I already know that Jan 1 is going to feel oddly just like Dec 31. I know that man-made constructs do not hold sway over organic processes like grief, marriage, and healing. I also know my deepest pools of anger are easily stirred when someone tells me, …