So how do you manage expectations that continually aren't met...
Expecting
Tag: grief
fall leaves me feeling blue.
Fall affects me, I cried on the way to work last week for no reason. Fall is that no-reason, reason. I watch the leaves turn autumnal colors, the darkness take over the daytime hours, the spiders balloon, the crops dry, and the dew sit on the grass, and feel the heaviness of living this life without my parents.
missive notes on death
I like to look for lessons in things, always searching for the deeper meaning behind the unexpectedness of life. Turns out, death unfurls a lot of lessons in its cleft. The revelations aren't the obvious piths or placations. It's not "live life to the fullest" (though, you really should) and it's certainly not "everything happens [...]
the sweet spot
As I write this, life is more than okay. It's the first time it's felt "more" in a really long time........There's been a slow shifting happening that ended up turning into the "more" of today and I recognize that it's a story worth telling.
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