My Relationship with Crib
The Game of Crib (January 17, 2018) “15/2…15/4….15/6….and a pair of 4’s for 8” Haha! Words like that used to drive me CRAZY!!!!!! I heard them every night for hours … Continue reading
Love Lessons
September 16, 2016 (www.picturequotes.com) Love Lessons Learning about love and relationships again, as a single, elderly woman, in my late 60’s, after 25 years of marriage and 10 years … Continue reading
A Broken Heart Can Be Mended
(www.fanpop.com) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I had a dream…….. In my dream, James and I (my Jim and I) were having a disagreement of some kind. He would come close but frustratingly stop … Continue reading
Take Kindly the Counsel of the Years
Loving this line from “The Desiderata” and pondering a little upon it. Much food for thought in that little sentence. I think “Take kindly the counsel of the years” talks … Continue reading
Miss Whiskers
Just taking a moment to remember one of my cats, Miss Whiskers. Here she is, seated on the table in my old house, right before I told her to get … Continue reading
A Letter to My Dream Reader
(Please click on the photo to make it full size, and really enjoy the magnificent view before you read on.) This photo takes my breath away. I just stare at … Continue reading
JusJoJan, #6, Reading
My Utmost for His Highest, an Oswald Chambers devotional, has to be one of my most favourite books (there are a few) besides my bible. This one is actually my … Continue reading
Learning To Be A Widow
Learning to be a widow…. http://m.theglobeandmail.com/life/facts-and-arguments/i-lost-my-husband-and-then-there-was-one/article21639438/?service=mobile The lady who wrote this article captured the situation perfectly. I’m 8 years into widowhood, and I can relate to everything she had to … Continue reading
Missing My Husband
I went out on my own tonight, Jim, as has been my custom lately, and I did enjoy myself listening to local musicians at Serious Coffee. I think you would … Continue reading
A Journey With My Mom, #2
Jan 14, 2013, Mom news, (journaling and messaging friends privately) I just got news this morning from my brother in Scotland who tells me that my Mom, who was let … Continue reading
God’s Comfort in a Dream
God’s Comfort in a Dream (This happened 6 years ago, but I’m sharing it here today…….) September 7, 08 I have just experienced some kind of weird and wonderful and … Continue reading
Choosing to Celebrate
Missing my husband, Jim, today. Holidays are much harder now that he is gone. In talking with a good friend today, we both agreed that holiday celebrations brought lost loved … Continue reading
Loss
Loss, October 11, 2014 I remember how stunned I felt when I suddenly lost my husband that day in 2006. I remember how completely helpless I was and how numb … Continue reading
Whom have I in Heaven but You?
August 22, 2014 “Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God … Continue reading
Crying Comes Suddenly
Crying Comes Suddenly Crying comes suddenly Brought on by thought, or memory Stark realization That you are no more And there is nothing I can do to bring you back. … Continue reading
