Collecting Pieces of Me

*carpe diem*

Category: 2022

  • I don’t suffer fools!

    I was just talking to my dear friend, Amy. After our conversation, I am so grateful for the women in my life. I am so VERY fortunate to know Amy and many more amazing women like her. Women who are strong and resilient and who are living gorgeous lives .…

  • posting imperfection . . . .

    Thanks for the title, Jen! Holy shit, I have soooooo many viruses on my computer!! I had NO EARTHLY IDEA it had gotten this bad!!! I remember, before virus software. It was irritating . . . . . . .I’ve often wondered whether the antivirus software is worth the trouble,…

  • also . . .

    Today, I helped to facilitate an ALSO training. ALSO sands for Advanced Life Saving in Obstetrics. The trainees were residents, mostly interns (new docs, most fresh out of medical school) who will be assisting with labor and delivery in the hospital setting. The trainers were physicians, some retired, who are…

  • Softball

    It’s nearly ten o’clock at night and I can still see several blocks down my suburban street. My son and I just returned from my niece’s softball game out of town. I felt something familiar while I watched her. The feeling was familiar and recent. Caden went to CC’s softball…

  • My Sister

    I truly don’t deserve her unconditional love. She has my back in every instance. It is comforting to know that someone loves me as fiercely as she does. She is my confidant, my bullshit-meter, my protector and my biggest cheerleader. That’s all I have to say tonight. I am so…

  • Happy Birthday To My Babies

    I am sitting at the kitchen table while my, VERY soon to be, 16-year-old mixes his own birthday cake. Earlier, my, soon to be 13-year-old decorated her store-bought cake and helped me to shape hamburger patties for her birthday dinner. It is INCREDIBLE, how independent they’ve become. This is always…

  • Friends

    I am so grateful for my friends. I am fortunate to know and love so many intelligent, caring, curious people. I’ve just returned home from a book discussion (Firekeeper’s Daughter – it’s incredible!! Highly recommend). The discussion was lovely. One woman brought Boba tea and made individual cups for each…

  • Write!

    That seems like the ONLY thing that I did NOT do yesterday, write! I haven’t been writing this blog very long but I missed it yesterday! I look forward to writing! The little icon “write” that I see in the upper, right corner of my WordPress interface. Few things feel…

  • Moving Is SOOOO Stressful!!

    Moving has always made me itchy! I can remember my first ever! I was three and my parents and my newborn, baby sister and I moved from our home in one Detroit suburb to another Detroit suburb. Given that the year was 1979, you will NOT be surprised to learn…