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Never ending levels of learning
It seems like every time I start to research something I already know a little bit about, I find out something else that I don’t think I ever knew and it blows my mind. Today’s example…My wife works at a museum in a state that is not part of the original 13 colonies. 250 year…
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Daily Prompt 4/27/23
Absolutely, 100% yes I do. But it wasn’t always like that. I used to think that my vote didn’t matter. As a blue in a big blue state, or a lone blue in very red state or area, it just never seemed like it mattered. It was also really complicated because on some issues, I…
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Daily Prompt 4/26/23
This question actually amuses me because I have spent a lot of my life aimlessly wandering, or just afloat, allowing the wind to blow me where I need to be. I used to feel like that made me a bad person, or lazy without any direction. But I am learning as I get older that…
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Daily Prompt 4/25/23
“Life’s a journey, not a destination…” “Amazing” by Aerosmith I sometimes forget to remind myself of this. It’s something that has been with me since the first time I heard this song in the 90s. It’s true and very important for me to remember when I am getting all intense about something that really isn’t…
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Boy #2
Boy #2 is about to be 17 on Thursday. This feels impossible because it’s gone by so fast. It’s also crazy to think that he’s THISCLOSE to being an adult. In some ways he’s ready for more responsibility and in other ways, he’s still very much a child. He’s changed a lot since Boy #1…
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Manifestation of Stress
Things here are still stressful. People are still who they’ve always been. And I am just trying to hold it all together. But my body is showing me that it remembers the past traumas and pain. It remembers what it’s like to spend all of its energy on just staying alive. Suddenly my appetite changes…
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The Past
Things have been tough here with our guests, Boy #1 and the Squatter. Boy #1 had a tough life. Growing up, he required so much attention and time. It was exhausting. He can still be exhausting. He fights with so much more than anyone I know. He has been diagnosed with so many things like…
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I don’t know anything anymore
Everything feels a little hurty right now. From all this stuff in the media, to hurting friends, to this squatter in our house. It all feels like so much sometimes. I don’t understand why everything has to feel so hard sometimes. Or why people can’t act normal. And mostly I just want to know how…
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Daily Prompt 4/20/23
All the things that are “impolite” to discuss like politics, religion, current events, delicate situations, and other things like science, technology, people’s life stories, and funny things that seem to be universal. But I generally know when and with whom I can discuss the things that are most likely to upset people. I don’t start…
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Aggressive Ignorance
I read a great blog post a few days ago about aggressive ignorance. It summed up a few different scenarios of people who refused to learn new things like technology or how to interact with people in a civilized manner. It’s been stuck in my mind since I read it a few days ago. Why…