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Transformation happens slowly then all at once.
Lately the pieces have started rapidly falling into place. And I think I just need a place to put them. Do you do this? Try to organize your thoughts – have dedicated journals for this and that. Because you must, right? Find ways to compartmentalize and organize to the maximum efficiency. Ef…
I fell in love….
In all the vehicles I have owned, I have NEVER fall in love with a vehicle so much that I wanted it so much It didnt matter the payment. I sat inside of a 2017 Chevy Tahoe yesterday and fell directly in love. I know its not going to happen, my credit sucks and I won’t get approved, but I tri…
Silence
You know idk why i do this to myself but that’s now two unanswered messages from him. Rude, so i just gotta accept it. And for whatever reason, I just can’t. Today is a lasagne day. Today is a comfort day. Maybe a nap is in order, if my kids will let me.
Saturday 5/4/24
11:10a.m. I had a good night. I received great care. Thel aides came to change my briefs three or four times. Then I had a very restful sleep with no weird dreams. But I had a rocky start this morning. An aide woke mel up at 7:00 . She picked up my tablet and used it. I didn’t like that at a…
Enough
I’ve been dreaming of a gentle kind of love The way a heart would speak if time could come undone All the smoke that fills my lungs in chances come: Far away and clear an endless path for us Some days I feel like taking punches to a wall Why do people lie in wait and stand so timid small W…
It’s Saturday!
For work I get up at 7:30am Monday to Saturday and often don’t finish until 6pm but then On the Saturday I only have a few hours left before going home! Then Sunday’s I don’t have to get up at silly o’clock in the morning and have a well needed lay-in so if I have a bad night and I usually d…
The Waves
I am certain that you will never see this entry as you were never fond of online journals, and even if you come across this one by any chance, you still won’t know as I will make it anonymous even if it is dedicated for you. We have been through ups and downs, you’re like a wave as you last …
Woke up for Me!
These past few days I have had a new outlook on life… and so this morning I woke up and went to boxing. My husband wanted me to change my plans for him… often during the week he would ask if or …but I stuck t my guns and said NO! and this morning I got up and went. The instructor ac…
Never Quite Buried
. It occurs to me that I was always in love with the ghost of you The shadow left burnt behind by the nuclear war you raged in my mind Left to fill the silence of the things I knew you’d say if you were here Only it’s taken some time to realize it was never our time and you were never on tim…