Category: relationships
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Odds and Ends
It’s been a nutty couple of weeks but it seems to be settling down now. Boy #3 is done with cross country, Girl is done with soccer and just has lacrosse now, and Boy #2 got his first choice college visit out of the way. Boy #1 seems to be struggling a bit at college,…
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Figuring it all out
My dad. He’s like a crazy puzzle. He is actually pretty crazy himself. I’ve never known anyone else who needs attention as much or is as selfish as my father. Every conversation with him is a one-sided, him blasting you with information, an old story, or some other dull explanation of a basic thing that…
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Perspective change
I have discovered in the last year that just about anything can look terrible to you when you are looking at the bad side of things. Or sometimes all it takes is a little reframing to realize that you are thinking too much about the negatives of a situation and not considering the positives at…
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Daily Prompt 9/11/23
I wish I had learned that it’s not important to get the last word in much earlier in life. As a child I ALWAYS had to get the last word in. And this continued through my teen years and into adulthood. But in the last 5 years, I have learned that it’s actually not all…
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Daily Prompt 9/7/23
The personality trait that I think is the most telling about who people are would be whether or not people can laugh at themselves. That’s a huge red flag for me for a bunch of reasons: No one needs to share the most mortifying thing that ever happened to them with complete strangers. But nearly…
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Daily Prompt 8/23/23
I am feeling empowered, in control, and really good overall. This is a good week so far. I have done so much processing in the last few days and my appointment with my therapist on Monday really helped me get through a lot. It feels good to have gotten to this point! I feel normal,…
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Once Upon a Time
There were parents who had children just because they thought they were supposed to. These parents thought the best way to raise these children was to direct every part of their lives and force them to be exactly who the parents thought they should be. There was no regard for who these children actually were…
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Enough
A friend of mine posted on social media today that he’s having a hard time with this whole military retirement thing. Like he’s not sure if he’s done good enough as a commander and who is he without the military. This is the way most of us feel when it’s the end of our time…
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Deep thoughts
I’m still thinking about Oppenheimer deep in my brain. It was so intense and there were some parts that I understood so deep in my soul. There were things that scared me and made me feel better and made me wish I was still in the military, even though I was over it by the…