tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87140979544527273062024-03-13T10:59:43.463-05:00A Bubble off centeran eclectic mix of reflections about life, work and faith with photography and homespun wisdom thrown in for freeDonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.comBlogger1465125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-39464400931521197552024-03-13T10:58:00.004-05:002024-03-13T10:58:48.144-05:00Meanwhile, in Alabama<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR50tyvc6n37P6fxoUk3HqmiGo5X61EFn7y-HFOqFAYf7cRtFHzOreyppXU8A-yFOkjaAxN7LBpQiCNB4X4Lr1QJWgkRslDQQMiAMGmrfs6v4f1NBM6uN6VMdZQLAKIlfuEfaohsiJpDwVpjq2zLu8aHyvFXsGgALAQKD-bTbdHwYEJgc0KfMWz0SIw8o/s1170/AE68DB4D-470D-44DA-8E9B-720AD68E1899.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="1170" height="486" 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style="text-align: center;">beautiful grounds, clean bathrooms,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with food trucks and a band scheduled</div><div style="text-align: center;">along with a grove of Venus of Willendorfs!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Whats not to like about all that!?</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDrcuND3eduztRnf4XCPyfEBxRc9DFHZGM2WaAypx3cIB9nLF1ndjFGhvRmf3VldmxjstYq5opiWbKRG_xffDG3QP4zVy6IDmoUT9yTgzkoXWnn9J8E7CKOCPhZSkZpddAyAnpXfuKk6dq7KREpYc7ubjqU6Mbf15YP1ONdudLkGa5b74leGrceqhYNs/s4032/A0D71315-80DD-4E50-A335-8C528FE98ECC.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" 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peace and quiet while watching it, please!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spring continues to unfold,</div><div style="text-align: center;">reminding us that new life, new beginnings and hope</div><div style="text-align: center;">are realities,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for which I say Thanks be to God.<br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiobkjC63cHpJCYGbH_j-lJBa2QlNpVfMiwaYnyjJtxD99BG_H8csHKifxjx4zolkcho-QIJpdfCnK0aI9Onpmy4uiGCBKlUijPgGcmQ4p9wI2j8X1AKUYYnS6JPhHJIKaxEFa0sf_P_64XdHgdvyOOpGln_McySltwH7J7_uq1kqiaH_PxTKFzljhBKA8/s2910/0E319441-A3F8-4B0F-B7D2-CFCF8A6736E0.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2910" data-original-width="2362" height="640" 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center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've written before about how conflicted and complex our relationship was,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(as if every mother/daughter relationship isn't!).<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I don't feel the need to do it again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I recently read a reflection though that summed up perfectly</div><div style="text-align: center;">how I was feeling.</div><div style="text-align: center;">So, even though the words aren't mine,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the sentiments ARE.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We go for a walk at the seaside</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and she tells me all the things</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">she loves about the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We share a hundred jokes</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and she laughs so easily,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">without a single worry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I want to meet that version of her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wide eyed and full of joy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Easy laughter and carefree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before the same world</div><div class="separator" style="clear: 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/></div></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-70766052025503301562024-03-02T10:59:00.002-06:002024-03-02T10:59:28.121-06:00The Last Ordinary Day<div style="text-align: center;"> Talk about a nightmare!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I woke up this morning with the details fading quickly</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the overall gestalt vividly clear.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I woke up (in my dream) with martial law having been established overnight;</div><div style="text-align: center;">the government declared that all citizens were forbidden </div><div style="text-align: center;">to travel beyond a 5 mile radius of their homes; </div><div style="text-align: center;">we were forbidden to gather in groups of more than 6, </div><div style="text-align: center;">unless related by 'blood ties'</div><div style="text-align: center;">and women needed to be accompanied, at all time,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> anywhere we went </div><div style="text-align: center;">by a male who had 'control' over our actions.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Social media allowed no comments or 'searching'</div><div style="text-align: center;">and instead showed, on continuous loop,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> images of all major cities in smoldering ruins,</div><div style="text-align: center;">dead bodies strewn about all major 'tourist attractions' </div><div style="text-align: center;">and cultural monuments in every major Western country.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It would seem the world, as we've all known it, was gone forever.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or was it?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The idea that this was an orchestrated lie and attack on our democracy, </div><div style="text-align: center;">by a cabal of right wing nut jobs, (financed and supported by Bezos, Zuckerberg and Musk) <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">complete with possibility of AI generated images</div><div style="text-align: center;">was firmly implanted in my head -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and much of the dream was spent with me</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nancy Drewing my theory, getting enough evidence to prove it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The subsequent book I wrote </div><div style="text-align: center;">in which I presented my 'evidence' was titled</div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>The Last Ordinary Day.</u></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">YIKES!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Think I've been watching too much politically based media.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">What a relief 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Vsk-D2d-ZbJMqLn8kuJUaZRkwlCGkuJXv6jA8OgWqNZMVcX9Jdw7V0Jf4-T1j6vtGWiPbMufERPHQZTmSR454ouQi3FWeFGc-XCHaI-AqLPh8GpFyNBvcBUwphS6NxOpXfE-_F3aIv-6b8N7NZTT-WD8PwRU5-FTHewflm7wNqwsH9vYLfdB-c3NMoA/w640-h480/E4C88095-BD34-45AA-98DE-972CEFA90714.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div> Yet the 'political' still lingers ...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImUcUyltCzVKAsyqyiDipzpg2HC2DA2O_B0zKTBqiMDg7GaoUUruU7_am5ibkk1o_AjhGJX35qLMLFeCRjzzkJMVF6OIHfCX0qumSQr-2YK5oQeqqsiC51M3Mf0lPMFxBc8c9hN3UtUeR7n5qIPM4a4AGETf-WUFg6OkzBMsKE97qQZfKDQJqPN_jBx0/s1198/3884A789-1DC9-4C57-91D4-2FC0B6031A07_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1170" height="640" 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/>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-62315842329390210452024-02-16T11:25:00.003-06:002024-02-19T09:33:34.797-06:00Memories of the Dairy Queen<div style="text-align: center;"> The news didn't 'break' as much as it 'seeped'</div><div style="text-align: center;">into the community where I grew up; </div><div style="text-align: center;">but the minute it did, I knew right away where it was.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">We all knew because it was immediately adjacent to our subdivision;</div><div style="text-align: center;">as kids, we had walked there hundreds of time;</div><div style="text-align: center;">it was within the parameter of the 'safe area' we were allowed to traverse </div><div style="text-align: center;">without adult supervision.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We turned right at the corner of Dennis's house, </div><div style="text-align: center;">down the street to our 'old' elementary school,</div><div style="text-align: center;">another right down the side of the brick building to the teachers parking lot</div><div style="text-align: center;">and through the field;</div><div style="text-align: center;">a field covered with wild daises and blue cornflowers in spring,</div><div style="text-align: center;">assorted scratchy yellow stalks, teeming with bees and crickets in the summer</div><div style="text-align: center;">and masses of goldenrod in the fall. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">All these obstacles we'd gladly navigate for a Dilly Bar -</div><div style="text-align: center;">or, if we had 'babysitting money' or an extra dollar from a grandparents visit,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we'd live it up with a hot fudge sundae.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She had been found outside in the payphone booth<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> located at the back left side of the building.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">She had hemorrhaged to death after trying to induce an abortion</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a knitting needle, </div><div style="text-align: center;">inserting it over and over into her vagina,</div><div style="text-align: center;">ultimately perforating her uterus and severing blood vessels.</div><div style="text-align: center;">She had been alone in the bathroom during her attempt;</div><div style="text-align: center;">she had been alone when she must have realized how seriously wrong things were</div><div style="text-align: center;">and, in desperation, tried to reach out for help</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in the payphone. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">She was served up as a cautionary tale to the girls in our community,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for years, <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">always in hushed tones and darkened rooms.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are other tales from high school that I could share;</div><div style="text-align: center;">all of them personalized and none of them unique.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Women my age (mid 70's) all have stories like them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the stories have me as a participant in a protracted family drama;</div><div style="text-align: center;">some with me as a silent witness and companion during long bus rides, </div><div style="text-align: center;">changing to the subway that would take us to a part of New York </div><div style="text-align: center;">we never would have ventured into for any other reason. </div><div style="text-align: center;">We had all moved far away from the innocence of taking our younger siblings </div><div style="text-align: center;">to the Bronx Zoo for an afternoon of riding a camel and people watching.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Having lived through an era in which females were denied the safety </div><div style="text-align: center;">and autonomy of obtaining appropriate healthcare </div><div style="text-align: center;">for decisions they felt they needed to make,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm frankly aghast that we've gone backwards.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm also appalled that the emphasis and focus is still on WOMENS bodies;</div><div style="text-align: center;">that the responsibility for addressing an unwanted pregnancy is still HERS alone <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">with no corresponding consequences or responsibility </div><div style="text-align: center;">for the male that impregnated her</div><div style="text-align: center;">and that adequate reproductive healthcare is still being denied to women, </div><div style="text-align: center;">primarily by men with inadequate understanding of women's anatomy </div><div style="text-align: center;">and no standing at all upon which to base </div><div style="text-align: center;">inserting themselves into the most intimate of decisions and conversations.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">If you don't have a uterus, shut up and sit the fuck down!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Insert deep cleansing breath here.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As I've said before, I don't have a uterus anymore either ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">but I had one, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so I'm grand-mothering my way back into the issue. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've witnessed too much to let any female go through this alone again.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We HAVE to have each others backs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hoseRQwwz0yaYvxIYqhRAfDY-JSZqp7orE_ilhNY0a1x37q1p7piKjYlGuPw0iQHDsxrrFz3YaX_jR3uQaB7fJG_00xkQNEZ_YIslGyyqCoULHaGQg38Z_RM-aYBPQshe34E3aB-xy0sszJweqnSVCHv3l77q28UwU0xIwCh7_cpqXfyW3Lma-A9Pdc/s1170/932693AE-D56C-46D6-9E60-05A7AE1C6BE8_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1170" height="390" 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwdZEH9rrpowV8BXlj5bhZ5sUjz5ikxut7oY0WJysYaJcROZsCAMLHsGZAaWseUVWtstNzItTjrwdGrORAV9qveD4UNJAOUjZ9WKe1ggEP-NnkE65qDTrk0Df1z4g1Yf8hnvCr_obR37I0VAVLYpnTLJ1hTvWj9xZxsIvL0Da7fvPPVrbecUtHHb5xYM/s3881/F49CBF67-DD27-4096-910A-16DC77518B06_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2507" data-original-width="3881" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwdZEH9rrpowV8BXlj5bhZ5sUjz5ikxut7oY0WJysYaJcROZsCAMLHsGZAaWseUVWtstNzItTjrwdGrORAV9qveD4UNJAOUjZ9WKe1ggEP-NnkE65qDTrk0Df1z4g1Yf8hnvCr_obR37I0VAVLYpnTLJ1hTvWj9xZxsIvL0Da7fvPPVrbecUtHHb5xYM/w640-h414/F49CBF67-DD27-4096-910A-16DC77518B06_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone else deal with existential dread by making things?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> With all manner of court cases, their outcomes and repercussions hanging in the ether,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've decided to lose myself in playing - </div><div style="text-align: center;">with paper, paint and scissors -</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh, and I've added sculpty clay to my repertoire.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing, on any front which will bring collectors flocking to my door -</div><div style="text-align: center;">but that's not why we engage in an art practice, right? </div><div style="text-align: center;">Using the side of your brain NOT engaged in analytical thought</div><div style="text-align: center;">AND getting so lost in the process that you forget about the issues of the day</div><div style="text-align: center;">is reward enough.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The great thing about hearts is they're simple ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and festive and pretty hard to screw up! <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSJosljBF0Rc96R8pa23kDVO_Y1qJxOBhWNQB7bD-TkzU_ffv9pN1NK0VbYG6QUPSVbarVDzLytyo2JMkL4DX0vQe6y-LeQsAktcfN8BuezXfT7y1r4sA7ZiGjtsu8dcK_WZApuXCUczJ6HzG_AyOG8Dc1MV2D49il95At4lUqiXYGiYmUMJCJNn0ie4/s3443/6941F1B8-DF0E-40BB-8C8A-709C3C9309B7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="3022" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwSJosljBF0Rc96R8pa23kDVO_Y1qJxOBhWNQB7bD-TkzU_ffv9pN1NK0VbYG6QUPSVbarVDzLytyo2JMkL4DX0vQe6y-LeQsAktcfN8BuezXfT7y1r4sA7ZiGjtsu8dcK_WZApuXCUczJ6HzG_AyOG8Dc1MV2D49il95At4lUqiXYGiYmUMJCJNn0ie4/w562-h640/6941F1B8-DF0E-40BB-8C8A-709C3C9309B7.jpeg" width="562" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">For me, while getting the sculpt right is hard enough,</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's the painting that can ruin the experience.</div><div style="text-align: center;">My arthritic hands and unsteady brushes </div><div style="text-align: center;">are just NOT good for the quality or look I'd love to have. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh-5p7ZJaHQoj7JMsvm0-z_dUzlwfbkI8UjAOlrtjS5o_ERAvdyIyNRMYWmzM85JXqtLk5NFny0JougO8X_-L6854A5avm1aNGY7t3obNwFJk_jI8qawOAN7tLyNtJcp-8wcleXf8Uag0DTgfE5hgE3jQdNZISoEiM5_UrbvG8n2LiIR7k7YfGrqSWOY/s3780/442570F8-FD02-43ED-875E-97B328210D79.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3780" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivh-5p7ZJaHQoj7JMsvm0-z_dUzlwfbkI8UjAOlrtjS5o_ERAvdyIyNRMYWmzM85JXqtLk5NFny0JougO8X_-L6854A5avm1aNGY7t3obNwFJk_jI8qawOAN7tLyNtJcp-8wcleXf8Uag0DTgfE5hgE3jQdNZISoEiM5_UrbvG8n2LiIR7k7YfGrqSWOY/w512-h640/442570F8-FD02-43ED-875E-97B328210D79.jpeg" width="512" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's why you practice, practice, practice...</div><div style="text-align: center;">like scales on the piano.<br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhdA8h4tSZ3eVAK3zCu9jTook8Ru80IutXiNNTTLUj-JBMOTY0S6xVBEFshwL8UD1hfQia1IDvfVS_7An05y_ogDEJ9c_LCt5gW29qz4Z3CEC7va6qTG45XerexAug-x6_qgmZHMMtU_0HVXtqfzdDjYUzw58KbLAPlJ-JDWQRd3NB2K-JB1WyzFqnoI/s2694/A86152B3-1599-4970-A9E4-74191BEE4730_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2557" data-original-width="2694" height="608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilhdA8h4tSZ3eVAK3zCu9jTook8Ru80IutXiNNTTLUj-JBMOTY0S6xVBEFshwL8UD1hfQia1IDvfVS_7An05y_ogDEJ9c_LCt5gW29qz4Z3CEC7va6qTG45XerexAug-x6_qgmZHMMtU_0HVXtqfzdDjYUzw58KbLAPlJ-JDWQRd3NB2K-JB1WyzFqnoI/w640-h608/A86152B3-1599-4970-A9E4-74191BEE4730_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">OR you move on to something easier, like cutting, gluing, pasting and painting</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oTdMG2WmSd3DB2eAvUqdmIQl2_dBQ44abJhaxvXoq269GYcgsfmECDP88BLj5FTBAhRoVXV0Lz0ujnkp0pvV-gFV590hmxUIszNH8F9d8kDkwZN6ec2luxRuPBrSnYbflpZ_eDz2iB6B57nxcDeOzc12JxximY67gXMj3_hIY-hIJcjtF3iudbaO_Wg/s3142/00DFE2A5-B590-496E-9F55-DE1BD53EB23C_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3142" data-original-width="2314" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oTdMG2WmSd3DB2eAvUqdmIQl2_dBQ44abJhaxvXoq269GYcgsfmECDP88BLj5FTBAhRoVXV0Lz0ujnkp0pvV-gFV590hmxUIszNH8F9d8kDkwZN6ec2luxRuPBrSnYbflpZ_eDz2iB6B57nxcDeOzc12JxximY67gXMj3_hIY-hIJcjtF3iudbaO_Wg/w472-h640/00DFE2A5-B590-496E-9F55-DE1BD53EB23C_1_201_a.heic" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" 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text-align: center;">The other alternative to running around with your hair on fire is to get off your ass</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and DO something.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was a recent launch event to get enough signatures on a petition </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">which would allow a constitutional amendment to be placed on the state ballot in November,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">essentially returning reproductive freedoms to women, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in consultation with their physicians -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and away from the misogynistic legislators in Jeff City.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The turnout was fabulous, the speakers inspiring and, I have to say,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">it was the most hopeful I've been in a long time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV97vj4Fx3LMpHUDFpSXRN0Ti2udjrdguxTL-R5keMCZQifJ8ZOArwpUANL7AStWkXXWhZ_UTqN2quXmSzTwHYY6q47X1vpo11sIq74rS35PnzfCYLf_C23P2spIL-2R8gaO0UE_nsZR7l0R3t08CIN0-3B7sl9fMMdjo8yeQLNL8HFjkVb5iHBda2mI4/s3362/8809903F-884C-4EAE-9C1B-E3934F1763D7_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2532" data-original-width="3362" height="482" 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src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hFeEf_od6sAqja-JE4GbvpTYcWvMKsir5qU3lB7QmIzRbJ2EhnL36RtlqOyQpAbnUwyA68BUvD-rdsIjKIHe2wUDirFZEpzfnNpsdt0rHSjMUO0FcuDdkOd1lFABy4GGvva2D_LjB5I8miIKWQFXUIgkiwfGFrq5juHD0x_ZWs1ZOQebfivPdBN9Udw/w640-h620/6090CC6C-13EA-43C5-BA8F-9732CE71E9C6_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div>I know it might seem crazy that this is such an important issue for me...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">after all, I haven't had a uterus for 25 years!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I refuse to pass on a world to my granddaughter </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in which she would have fewer rights than I had. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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center;">but I DID have to have D&C's after 3 miscarriages;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">procedures I might not have been able to obtain in the current climate </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of legislators deciding they know more about female anatomy and reproductive medicine</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">than the professionals and women in whom those uteruses are housed!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm going to a training next week - </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and will then be making the rounds to every event I can, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">clipboard, pen and sign up sheet in hand.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Gonna get this done!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next week is also the start of Lent!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you believe it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know what that means, right?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisBBs4b_EF-nePgxgrv0ivsRmgDKArzUaLnkP-0hXPZg_z1figh7yOHUELozK5HIgGrhRySZDngG-fThKw61QXy51tOczmxR_GY5dzbfzYA7C0hyE0ZR6APl648RWrqyqjzP3Lmf0aLLlpt7y7mNvwP2eBm5Z5Z-PQcx8mZnGRnSc12uat74FuLLGNScY/s2784/63EDB7D4-C32C-4D4C-9B30-99CBC2CFC0EB_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2159" data-original-width="2784" height="496" 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style="text-align: center;">It isn't the cold; I can do cold;</div><div style="text-align: center;">in fact, I seem to seek it out; </div><div style="text-align: center;">I've somehow established a tradition of going 'Up North"</div><div style="text-align: center;">to see family in WI -</div><div style="text-align: center;">with a stop in Chicago along the way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWwIccj8p7g4PxLx5W1s9uYha_IQOG0xP5W4thI_tiM_POMbAsJmqne1RSD8Y0WB7-pSCpdFxa_6OXkW2TnSu6HjPHRKTlYv3ADAXlv2hUB92oVvYAhd3rty8jMjLYSULf6RdruIwJRS8BrRMPmQWmYwI7E_uRR99e-sJtp-zeQvDNvBi0NVEp8FKzsc/s2048/9D58C5CB-82BA-4A59-AB0C-7565E0970762.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWwIccj8p7g4PxLx5W1s9uYha_IQOG0xP5W4thI_tiM_POMbAsJmqne1RSD8Y0WB7-pSCpdFxa_6OXkW2TnSu6HjPHRKTlYv3ADAXlv2hUB92oVvYAhd3rty8jMjLYSULf6RdruIwJRS8BrRMPmQWmYwI7E_uRR99e-sJtp-zeQvDNvBi0NVEp8FKzsc/w640-h640/9D58C5CB-82BA-4A59-AB0C-7565E0970762.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">To see girls growing into young women -</div><div style="text-align: center;">who clearly are more intent on TicToc and Insta </div><div style="text-align: center;">than conversing with the old people! </div><div style="text-align: center;">In other words, perfectly normal kids.</div><div style="text-align: center;">At least one of them was paying attention ...</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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Christmas.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkrMYdm4CdzLRpUeCpiVo3ORr5aa_ta8JPFOyTi02IgojlFgmcb_XymE-K9byL51xSl9I4jkw3TnJheVLvfs0zgoLSFpav3GGKCa2fkwAWKPfIUSgDAYATcy82ac8nYIN1YUPWtGzCHY_tMlQZmZTmOzd9OznpaFMJjixAhtjid9B3II1jdlhRg2pE-M/s3734/EF63DB0B-33A0-4BB0-B99B-1E8A18830634_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2935" data-original-width="3734" height="504" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNkrMYdm4CdzLRpUeCpiVo3ORr5aa_ta8JPFOyTi02IgojlFgmcb_XymE-K9byL51xSl9I4jkw3TnJheVLvfs0zgoLSFpav3GGKCa2fkwAWKPfIUSgDAYATcy82ac8nYIN1YUPWtGzCHY_tMlQZmZTmOzd9OznpaFMJjixAhtjid9B3II1jdlhRg2pE-M/w640-h504/EF63DB0B-33A0-4BB0-B99B-1E8A18830634_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Something about the starkness and quietness that calms and soothes me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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style="text-align: center;">There has even been time - dare I say - necessary time </div><div style="text-align: center;">for artistic expression (also self care) in the form of what I'm calling</div><div style="text-align: center;">"Interior Landscapes" -</div><div style="text-align: center;">which, as always, don't have to mean anything to anyone other than myself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was able to use paper from my stash of National Geographic pages, </div><div style="text-align: center;">altered with Citrasolv</div><div style="text-align: center;">which I tore and glued to 3" wooden circles. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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friend.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hahahahaha ...</div><div style="text-align: center;">my biggest fear! <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56bRVOfUWtwWcBUPBofGw1TJmlaWtiJtwdqzoP5bYBU9Q0zRMd2fx68sTRKHP3juHrxKzOP5BeCWWxR8-c2PxfypoXSrsLD9cLhVh8bzkMJ8Gru9WcPlMZFGFKI-AmwEdvZ6zvlFCF0cHgMGoj5-vsX00YEDnJWVBfu5t3byKI2e5rFGJ0offwfh9AYs/s1060/A25079CF-4E81-40E6-BC53-37F55F90B725_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1060" data-original-width="854" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj56bRVOfUWtwWcBUPBofGw1TJmlaWtiJtwdqzoP5bYBU9Q0zRMd2fx68sTRKHP3juHrxKzOP5BeCWWxR8-c2PxfypoXSrsLD9cLhVh8bzkMJ8Gru9WcPlMZFGFKI-AmwEdvZ6zvlFCF0cHgMGoj5-vsX00YEDnJWVBfu5t3byKI2e5rFGJ0offwfh9AYs/w516-h640/A25079CF-4E81-40E6-BC53-37F55F90B725_1_201_a.jpeg" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Not a chance!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-31737657587477366602024-01-10T11:59:00.000-06:002024-01-10T11:59:46.880-06:00Dream state?<div style="text-align: center;"> I want to hang on to every minute and every feeling associated with the dream - </div><div style="text-align: center;">yet I know I won't.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I woke up wondering if I had died; </div><div style="text-align: center;">curious if I was 'coming back' to my current reality </div><div style="text-align: center;">or if I would be allowed to continue in the wonderful state I had just experienced.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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center;">to be part mist, part dust of the air, </div><div style="text-align: center;">to have a full understanding and sense of me and who I was </div><div style="text-align: center;">and yet be in a form that required absolutely no effort of movement </div><div style="text-align: center;">or expenditure of energy; </div><div style="text-align: center;">just being, </div><div style="text-align: center;">while traveling through time and space on a molecular level; </div><div style="text-align: center;">a part of everything that exists and that I saw, </div><div style="text-align: center;">passing through everything and knowing a oneness with it all. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The colors and landscapes with intensity on another level.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">It felt like a state that existed for hours; </div><div style="text-align: center;">gorgeous pain free and existence bending hours; </div><div style="text-align: center;">it wasn't until I came back into my body and noticed the heaviness and pain in my legs </div><div style="text-align: center;">that I realized I was leaving one state and entering a physical one once again. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was both heartbreaking and hopeful. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I wondered if I had had a near death experience in my sleep .</div><div style="text-align: center;">.. and found myself wishing that that was indeed what dying would be like.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">All I can say is that if you ever hear I've died in my sleep... </div><div style="text-align: center;">be happy for me.</div><p style="text-align: center;">If it's anything like this, it was glorious.<br /></p>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-27739086462848353722024-01-03T11:52:00.001-06:002024-01-03T11:52:16.256-06:00New Year; new start - again<div style="text-align: center;"> <span> </span><span> Christmas has been packed away;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>a strep infection laid me low, <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>days have been grey and dreary;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>so, when the sun peaked out</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>on the same day that I finished my medication, <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>I took the first opportunity to go for a short drive to hear trickling water </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span>and walk around on some trails in stillness and peace. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><br /></span></div><div 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/></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-25629956203160480112023-12-20T13:53:00.012-06:002024-01-03T11:42:49.157-06:00Ghosts of Christmas pasts<div><div style="text-align: center;"> My sons father was born on Christmas Eve.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He died just a few months before his 40th birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He had one brother, older by 6 years.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Recently, new 'old' slides were found and passed along to me for our sons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a 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center;">they really moved me. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMtDoRWnDuPP9QdubdaYJm2wfqrbKIxLEqZ4AXewKs4SNsAYjMS_Hiu6W5OfIzQIRMDC5B5Olklo7QrYfLjUA0Cn0HHto69SL1cjTLQ1vkwA7yvTTZlINkc8qYsg8BgvUQoiVdAOmf1zCbUiFqZWQtR09bsp4dnkJMqCFOVWlvC2slIXMWLcRacJkQ8k/s1668/47775BC4-80F1-4DEE-9A8D-F2D204DD9BB6_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1668" data-original-width="1307" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMtDoRWnDuPP9QdubdaYJm2wfqrbKIxLEqZ4AXewKs4SNsAYjMS_Hiu6W5OfIzQIRMDC5B5Olklo7QrYfLjUA0Cn0HHto69SL1cjTLQ1vkwA7yvTTZlINkc8qYsg8BgvUQoiVdAOmf1zCbUiFqZWQtR09bsp4dnkJMqCFOVWlvC2slIXMWLcRacJkQ8k/w502-h640/47775BC4-80F1-4DEE-9A8D-F2D204DD9BB6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="502" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I also have found my own old photos of our earlier life together, </div><div 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href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DDu-embB1Vb4LKAWJ3oBLp38LGn6tS9LubEUQ0reftsf82phynjiGPfwd-8M9Go2pL8FqOGt581Hn858tRKv5ukkxs88NGS9Q2Q1ZKXXY5aOkwwiLxpPJX7ULHd8wjJFQIfUemqbplsnND0Rcjen68KZMenCm04-DQkdpqUaillroBCTk7XYjXdtvwc/s2685/98CAC698-26DE-406C-9514-5A53B71B586B_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2465" data-original-width="2685" height="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DDu-embB1Vb4LKAWJ3oBLp38LGn6tS9LubEUQ0reftsf82phynjiGPfwd-8M9Go2pL8FqOGt581Hn858tRKv5ukkxs88NGS9Q2Q1ZKXXY5aOkwwiLxpPJX7ULHd8wjJFQIfUemqbplsnND0Rcjen68KZMenCm04-DQkdpqUaillroBCTk7XYjXdtvwc/w640-h588/98CAC698-26DE-406C-9514-5A53B71B586B_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">No matter how well life is going,</div><div style="text-align: center;">how content I am in relationships in the here and now,</div><div style="text-align: center;">memories from days gone by are never far away at this time of year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Am I the only one?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I even found a picture from our first Christmas together (1967).</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone else remember getting what would now be considered "really dressed up" for church </div><div style="text-align: center;">and Christmas Eve celebrations?</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">1/3/24:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Actually, I stand corrected.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This picture was from 1968 -</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tom's 21st birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We had gotten engaged 2 months earlier on my 19th birthday -</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know, I know ... different times; different expectations.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We were in New Jersey at my parents house for a few days</div><div style="text-align: center;">before returning to the Midwest - and our 'real lives'.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PeKU99ZnxgRf27S7mbWIzmGJdW7UOylfFgCR_6iaZSUAgAwTIIVtNXeLnjAQfiiB-HP2cRAXIS-dqcCIaF8RCSRQoJOw8jRZON865-A5V65IqKuaVeR5VElQeYY3ROCTTeKzubEwVziTs79K0oOqfRRi08NX6IrHZcpJbRZDT2njSNZrfPJjzdAF5tc/s1574/F8243071-A8E2-4927-ADB0-D743E0B2423E_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1574" data-original-width="1551" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0PeKU99ZnxgRf27S7mbWIzmGJdW7UOylfFgCR_6iaZSUAgAwTIIVtNXeLnjAQfiiB-HP2cRAXIS-dqcCIaF8RCSRQoJOw8jRZON865-A5V65IqKuaVeR5VElQeYY3ROCTTeKzubEwVziTs79K0oOqfRRi08NX6IrHZcpJbRZDT2njSNZrfPJjzdAF5tc/w630-h640/F8243071-A8E2-4927-ADB0-D743E0B2423E_1_201_a.heic" width="630" /></a></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Funny to realize that my 'long hair' actually has historical precedence!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Meanwhile, Christmas 'present' is keeping me fairly busy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpoDWEERQPHfAgDuKqWd2wgwDAJqr-Az6r4Pr36J0ahfzavx5mMbaTaHvkbvuqIXu13Dv_BR7LCXdcx5S4-mdf2F_G4_n7sLDfPCV9tfqEuA-d0PDIFoUrVoHpqgnx58TKDEkincAhj5TIDADS-8Ww4rbYV8xRUB1C8FRZm5uJFuas_aVzQjVf1eRgxqo/s3613/425047BD-61F7-4E3D-A30D-DD64015D6A85_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3613" data-original-width="2455" height="640" 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data-original-width="531" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtkr-zo12Ltwo0zp4HJKtUC_CAiOWZRb_LaM1M088Z2IzGjxLKVQyuU2HF8yspBhokPjxZu4_FuSb5RpSy1Cga4A-r61XIo5tvX5CE5XHGXhmJGtu3ZKrwRxiFMG3Nd3vaU3oVaELKsY9CvapNjQRko45l7ldR64fQNW4Ucyp-1_5BQkoBiJfCCYS5_w/w412-h640/553531BD-CCAC-4F74-B424-96BFB6A88BC4_1_201_a.jpeg" width="412" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also have to admit that I'm LOVING the curls showing up in the little ones hair!<br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7ZE3BYNNhT1_0lPG4lunM3wvofHQTUY74rlYESWCfa91vZCjPyWoP2fcpg4Xh39NaQYcY_3dOi5gooGjYCkzWrRGaL75Gc8Fpj7HDrBmO50O1v-4qzBGwr9fB9OJc7cX_GsJ5o7T8v8z1aYg6eOGkY45cY2DDN66OG6dGKoU0lixKyz_i9m8QI_SmqGY/s4032/66A7E1A6-681B-4FE5-B002-7F7E91E5C64B.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" 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center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This year, the changes in my mobility have become more apparent;</div><div style="text-align: center;">it took me twice as long to get out the trees (even though I downsized to only 8;</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's not as grand as it sounds; the majority of them are small table top 'feather trees, but still all things that need to be carried up from the basement and set up.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm continually re-homing items that haven't made the cut for 2 years in a row -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and loving more dearly the things that do. </div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">By the time I'm "in the home", </div><div style="text-align: center;">I should be content with 1 tabletop tree and a few Santas -but we'll see. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Not there yet!</div><div class="separator" 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style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">I partially absolve myself with trying to stay informed </div><div style="text-align: center;">as well as remembering that,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for 4 decades,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was hip deep in all that pain.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's OK to step back; maybe even necessary for ones mental health.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seeing the season through the eyes of these two is also good for the soul.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj86Xcx4nGtSzrWWAfMrYbJAwHQ8Q25b480ON2HQtcWe5pxUpP2wRVnBFcm4tpiLRib_o8cElOXtLtYUM7cidpf7skGJsiqrbEyx-RsmchzR128zxGdnzkK51_kOEIh70ZSGE1Ros2ZUmjxIgI6rJHP0byhHPMqyk9HGsPO0LhLqEfUjoMN_7T7SwyWa7w/s2048/F0C98E12-E670-41F8-9AC1-CB13F0C009B3.jpeg" 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day".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, it's almost a month later ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but, truly, better late than never, right? <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7x2D0R36LM-yyZHBwS4p9c8hGn2Nd5OM7LDrdZAop7KuT2QFjaK981gMKHv7m5wEUDK_S43xADQLUFykGJA3veuD_rvjxCEiG1RmHcuh3h0yAV1R53KiFkfyi4IfyJpntGYIu-BL_HPkcGGb4dR7F6e7m457Y1AnhdjwlMC02hhYz_-gITmRkgHY-KI/s4032/3F8C3560-33A0-4DF3-8B4B-367EF3EABA09.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" 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</span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>and mine.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkyXBtFSvsLCxAZ0aXS36Mxs52t7_y7XreuYrN4_KWf4at9xbxBMGxY2WFd2rjd1d-vx_LrpC6sGnv-0yftP8f7GEyBXTn-RVIEo_-eDIYRvH_WB7tkxRrBHqwfM-vjl_6N_Aqds5XZ631CtbFTSVaHMW4oHKcvoMZanMa4FGUAzX5dKZ6msiCO9g02w/s1953/655E2816-2F42-490E-A18C-FF8E31AB2809.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1953" data-original-width="1619" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVkyXBtFSvsLCxAZ0aXS36Mxs52t7_y7XreuYrN4_KWf4at9xbxBMGxY2WFd2rjd1d-vx_LrpC6sGnv-0yftP8f7GEyBXTn-RVIEo_-eDIYRvH_WB7tkxRrBHqwfM-vjl_6N_Aqds5XZ631CtbFTSVaHMW4oHKcvoMZanMa4FGUAzX5dKZ6msiCO9g02w/w331-h400/655E2816-2F42-490E-A18C-FF8E31AB2809.jpeg" width="331" /></a></div><span> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Yikes, it's flying by!</span><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br />Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-41011401913772840752023-10-05T10:32:00.000-05:002023-10-05T10:32:09.114-05:00YES<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincEhs4PhCFz3gtn99WJvWDuKX2bXbZu9UkNrKpuHYxjJT-uOsBAg6zATsU-l49WESgjhAnPzK7VJmunC3eUXzsave_SZ2ssNWoOLvAlBPNVZjMoPTcFUrCnCc7k4uQqiTklF7CSzinrNz7pY0kB5PdbpTKmWmSFvXYuDJROQ1PEb3EMi1M_BkTJT4b6A/s4032/406D7641-47C4-431C-8256-AAB6B833FD0E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEincEhs4PhCFz3gtn99WJvWDuKX2bXbZu9UkNrKpuHYxjJT-uOsBAg6zATsU-l49WESgjhAnPzK7VJmunC3eUXzsave_SZ2ssNWoOLvAlBPNVZjMoPTcFUrCnCc7k4uQqiTklF7CSzinrNz7pY0kB5PdbpTKmWmSFvXYuDJROQ1PEb3EMi1M_BkTJT4b6A/w640-h480/406D7641-47C4-431C-8256-AAB6B833FD0E.heic" width="640" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">It could happen any time, tornado</div><div style="text-align: center;">earthquake, Armageddon. It could happen.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Or sunshine, love, salvation.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It could, you know. That's why we wake</div><div style="text-align: center;">and look out - no guarantees</div><div style="text-align: center;">in this life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But some bonuses, like morning,</div><div style="text-align: center;">like right now, like noon,</div><div style="text-align: center;">like evening.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">William Stafford</span><br /></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-24942886816298955272023-10-04T13:24:00.002-05:002023-10-04T13:45:13.543-05:00Waiting for Fall<div style="text-align: center;"> My allergies and I are waiting with bated breath for fall; </div><div style="text-align: center;">actually we're waiting to HAVE breath -</div><div style="text-align: center;">unstuffy, uncongested, clear breath -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and THAT won't happen until the first hard frost apparently...</div><div style="text-align: center;">so, we're still waiting!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsz6Td8b_1V0TdFNaiJzSEmiWl45zS6g0dBB0QBAHYbAnUnpFSVNN9Yp7q0YocU9XA6NEoIJpIkXqjQu1RSM-BuyTdbPlGyXesuMMrnAuxAg0khi8sDhRDfKk3w5f0-D-Be-0Ybi7TTJaKx0nbVCV3A9U561kdcBXJ3GIJEvLaZmMXQIATV3rjhSBgvN4/s2719/FBAA91AA-0824-4FE2-B363-DBFEAC4F3128_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2719" data-original-width="2192" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsz6Td8b_1V0TdFNaiJzSEmiWl45zS6g0dBB0QBAHYbAnUnpFSVNN9Yp7q0YocU9XA6NEoIJpIkXqjQu1RSM-BuyTdbPlGyXesuMMrnAuxAg0khi8sDhRDfKk3w5f0-D-Be-0Ybi7TTJaKx0nbVCV3A9U561kdcBXJ3GIJEvLaZmMXQIATV3rjhSBgvN4/w516-h640/FBAA91AA-0824-4FE2-B363-DBFEAC4F3128_1_201_a.heic" width="516" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I did go on a road trip 'Up North',</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wisconsin and northern IL,</div><div style="text-align: center;">hoping that several hundred miles might make a difference.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">It DID; but only because it was a nice distraction, </div><div style="text-align: center;">with prettier scenery and fun with family that I hadn't seen for awhile.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Trips to Door County and Washington Island allowed for a hint of fall color;</div><div style="text-align: center;">enough to provide respite when I returned to temperatures in the upper 80's</div><div style="text-align: center;">upon my return home.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Some sights are so iconic Wisconsin that if you know you know -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and if you don't, there's not much to say.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLjx1mjPNSNaUzDMU1n2Y3M4SrDg3WrVp9QM8ZzW_XTbjkxQHylioD9B2dmVFrgnM9fNnp1yeL9T9c9m5vlalj9md429f1Ewa8P2AptVCdQgI-Qk6PQiufYfuVuFvcER50iIJCG6DSlAGE5szReaK8kiqxFul21xB1uSaV7MCeCyNINOcrSGOmsiYSOCQ/s4032/7B0AD70A-D611-4F7A-90AE-C138F0882797.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrvzn5XIAy8Vpgzq2Z-Lu2iTD8mqxwkzIkcGSFdH3530RHJKyMpTqx5fgw57OgW7QmXGBGIx7qoa7M5XfI--bfvMLAp4OtwroXXX-28lCizBUgU6o6JqU3_Sr21nZ8zz4qdNtlhjwcCFuBDKZtL9O2cTi-0l-xYzvXAI5k5WxTISOhHj9hVKA_KtjURw/s961/CA80A4B4-A9B3-43AC-9F5B-B9D8F3025F9A_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="961" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjrvzn5XIAy8Vpgzq2Z-Lu2iTD8mqxwkzIkcGSFdH3530RHJKyMpTqx5fgw57OgW7QmXGBGIx7qoa7M5XfI--bfvMLAp4OtwroXXX-28lCizBUgU6o6JqU3_Sr21nZ8zz4qdNtlhjwcCFuBDKZtL9O2cTi-0l-xYzvXAI5k5WxTISOhHj9hVKA_KtjURw/w320-h313/CA80A4B4-A9B3-43AC-9F5B-B9D8F3025F9A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I returned yesterday from a short trip to the reservation;</div><div style="text-align: center;">a place in South Dakota that holds a piece of my heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Prior to Covid, I had gone there every summer for almost 2 decades.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been 3 years since the reservation was 'shut down' </div><div style="text-align: center;">to minimize the spread of infection </div><div style="text-align: center;">and in that time<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a lot has changed -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and nothing has changed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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</div><div style="text-align: center;">and even luckier that they invited me to come up again <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">for another week this summer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">'My' week, in the past, has been at the end of the summer, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so coming up this early in the season was a new experience.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was glorious.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And its totally convinced me </div><div style="text-align: center;">that I truly need to be living somewhere </div><div style="text-align: center;">where it's cool enough to grow poppies! <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwmtUjHLg1uz8FGftd9utiiO0nAT-1HpmlbgyMxGCRaCFmXrR9IaYZp3-chnvJ4NvOwWeIDSNGmBkx9il6voK8-WTJfDJK8RwBzsCyMjxCGyPcaSqUNRZfW3IXgH6T9H34UufVWqTXqD-dn_fe9vCLxj7wAo_X4Sdsdrgs7Tezq0r7e13TdwB8iwqReVI/s4032/4C5D5AC5-D00B-493D-A2D0-BCAF7C05091C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjwoFOzGF3p8REPfDtph56Gc0RZOYtFp1Dr5lNTrdsMEMNuNEM-7BqLAKijRi1-ELdhUh-cRSCdDW1iZ1ebnUsgBKq3TTrl-AceoqxbNSt_Jsbr63z7WeBWbiuIYa5DLZoqUeZBs1PqM3oY7Q3WYFttlx5WVWKZbddsJQ79H9cuqN-9m-UIFwPuTmeoI/s4032/9C8DF622-574D-41B2-9FED-81F45C663D56_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjwoFOzGF3p8REPfDtph56Gc0RZOYtFp1Dr5lNTrdsMEMNuNEM-7BqLAKijRi1-ELdhUh-cRSCdDW1iZ1ebnUsgBKq3TTrl-AceoqxbNSt_Jsbr63z7WeBWbiuIYa5DLZoqUeZBs1PqM3oY7Q3WYFttlx5WVWKZbddsJQ79H9cuqN-9m-UIFwPuTmeoI/w640-h480/9C8DF622-574D-41B2-9FED-81F45C663D56_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">So busy gabbing, I didn't take very many pictures during that phase of the trip.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Plus, truth be told, I brought back a small souvenir from my travels - COVID.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The onyl symptom I had was a productive hacking cough that racked my whole body;</div><div style="text-align: center;">when I started hocking up green gobs of what looked like Superglue, </div><div style="text-align: center;">I suspected I wasn't 'just' dealing with allergies. </div><div style="text-align: center;">I was still shocked when I had a positive in home test -</div><div style="text-align: center;">this with all immunizations and boosters on board.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can only imagine how scary it was to have this cough and lack of breath </div><div style="text-align: center;">before they discovered Paxlovid.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I got started on the medicine right away and its definitely helping</div><div style="text-align: center;">although the metallic after taste is awful!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Small price to pay, though, if it keeps me out of the hospital</div><div style="text-align: center;">and off a ventilator.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyway, I'm home - and using this enforced downtime for more creations</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">no matter how hard;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that time came -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I drove away from the end of the lane in Taos </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for a brief respite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll return in a few weeks when a final surgery is scheduled </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to remove all the hardware from my sons mouth.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In the meantime, I left him stocked with Ensure and Boost;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm available by cell phone anytime -</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and, if needed, I can drive back sooner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />By "regular" lives, I, of course, mean </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">taxes,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nanny time </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjmkRo7Y7iLvj3FPkEbestZqxA4IxJ1c9ZgLFuQXvOW8L3e_pol8jwGEVpSlzWxqqY7YyV5Z2oKj6ZqfPBGapPXOB-OgA1Dx0_T3_Lmslmm9CZH8etdzOsJpAHU6l7C8dxXZw6a_yW-HFoCnx4V7YyMfQfXXM1imCZzmcFmwIna6hyZKsrwFwgUS2/s1024/3657D05B-BA11-4409-9268-5EDCB8B1B12B.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2j_DUku-56Df6IVvcTwyJIM0mxEIENoQKjqyjzAXyGrLTop6aWDi_9AMpTjcC6tuzBnnqQe8AbKlWKb_O-HAe53mGy9d2vKyA5i0IIwi85PXNc9nZuLxXj3nIIuJlFdZdTfDnVZ2NG4E4UHGtPl9wbkeaDgYr-M4Rc8HZtdFfernSjSY7XtJNMX5H/s4030/327E3AA2-360A-4F4B-ADF1-9A64A10D08B7_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2149" data-original-width="4030" height="342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2j_DUku-56Df6IVvcTwyJIM0mxEIENoQKjqyjzAXyGrLTop6aWDi_9AMpTjcC6tuzBnnqQe8AbKlWKb_O-HAe53mGy9d2vKyA5i0IIwi85PXNc9nZuLxXj3nIIuJlFdZdTfDnVZ2NG4E4UHGtPl9wbkeaDgYr-M4Rc8HZtdFfernSjSY7XtJNMX5H/w640-h342/327E3AA2-360A-4F4B-ADF1-9A64A10D08B7_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Seems being vigilant is still on my mind!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">That's what respites are for, right?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Elpx8CGNGgmar-aT_pbaSAkEJMh2OvK0oV8dV7tS6sWVXlfdX1_qAMq3jOK-nqbBGdZywYz-Q4_vrBO8zZwgYoKBb-kCibK--l_16GxN6dCzQjTnuG21w3cLLuGS_FGiB2_41eos2Bsvcxlbo-g3V3_luTkFM_2ckewDdksC4ouw4beSSmOFQA1H/s2507/2C120FC4-8A17-4805-B5C3-2D05A232F813_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2507" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Elpx8CGNGgmar-aT_pbaSAkEJMh2OvK0oV8dV7tS6sWVXlfdX1_qAMq3jOK-nqbBGdZywYz-Q4_vrBO8zZwgYoKBb-kCibK--l_16GxN6dCzQjTnuG21w3cLLuGS_FGiB2_41eos2Bsvcxlbo-g3V3_luTkFM_2ckewDdksC4ouw4beSSmOFQA1H/w640-h388/2C120FC4-8A17-4805-B5C3-2D05A232F813_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div>I'm still here, though I'll be laying low for a time.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBMmCmBaFtErHKiysoC2i18xUCToYUI659oWUTtjc_KfNUhkiEgcHP5PWhjtB0CGWS_1hWmXSmDWzRlNOoQ9FzKqsGppDHHK0PopSQgdyT0ox-br-WpI7lkcx5uzC-LN_ePqNE5P1bJk2qb3tAtluoPFSIVv3PR_oWAo7VH4_nP8_42dPUYb8dl-Q/s2454/1E3B8600-CF83-4072-A5AB-C26C73712BA4_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2454" data-original-width="1504" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBMmCmBaFtErHKiysoC2i18xUCToYUI659oWUTtjc_KfNUhkiEgcHP5PWhjtB0CGWS_1hWmXSmDWzRlNOoQ9FzKqsGppDHHK0PopSQgdyT0ox-br-WpI7lkcx5uzC-LN_ePqNE5P1bJk2qb3tAtluoPFSIVv3PR_oWAo7VH4_nP8_42dPUYb8dl-Q/w392-h640/1E3B8600-CF83-4072-A5AB-C26C73712BA4_1_201_a.heic" width="392" /></a></div>I'll come out when I'm rested!<br /><br /></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-86598017347536312302023-03-09T17:58:00.001-06:002023-03-09T17:58:32.559-06:00Barriers<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfYbVUYSb33O02uO3Jqy2g3JNL7Hu6X9krjXZxKjUNj7p5R-RPwpSGlP5i7Ta3tHnCOVmixe0982tksn-DxnuMiXKhjm3tAaQAWhwxiWVOoCtE6DtzE5-VlXW-Bu_jC_Q7g_DO1jKt9Pu9WO9ugh7IfapWucorqGNliP_w85Xh44D9h3gFu3uEiGx/s4032/E49F346E-4A8A-42FD-8765-1AB6C38BB55C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsfYbVUYSb33O02uO3Jqy2g3JNL7Hu6X9krjXZxKjUNj7p5R-RPwpSGlP5i7Ta3tHnCOVmixe0982tksn-DxnuMiXKhjm3tAaQAWhwxiWVOoCtE6DtzE5-VlXW-Bu_jC_Q7g_DO1jKt9Pu9WO9ugh7IfapWucorqGNliP_w85Xh44D9h3gFu3uEiGx/w480-h640/E49F346E-4A8A-42FD-8765-1AB6C38BB55C.heic" width="480" /></a></div> It's occurred to me in the past few days that there are 2 major obstacles </div><div style="text-align: center;">which are making adjustment to my sons current diagnosis </div><div style="text-align: center;">and treatment difficult to take - </div><div style="text-align: center;">both emotionally and physically -</div><div style="text-align: center;">for him as well as for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">One is that for all the advances Western medicine has made in the recent past,</div><div style="text-align: center;">the treatment for a fractured jaw remains quite barbaric.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffNIQsM5pP77_T6PoimcRUdkNMdnRRg5kCbrKDbIiotTjWZUtOaFglzrOOwtiHWmwerFR2U7IDSqjIRKGjnNtGUB8Vag2cYfmUKoELzm8ZhV0_R6hOXRybw-cUojwU2NQN4OMYKsqfc8EEp1zobiPSDo_W5Kbfn7qvTQTqas-YUDL67VK40GGMpbM/s1042/B27E91FF-67B8-45E1-BBCE-85F8262A6467_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="1042" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffNIQsM5pP77_T6PoimcRUdkNMdnRRg5kCbrKDbIiotTjWZUtOaFglzrOOwtiHWmwerFR2U7IDSqjIRKGjnNtGUB8Vag2cYfmUKoELzm8ZhV0_R6hOXRybw-cUojwU2NQN4OMYKsqfc8EEp1zobiPSDo_W5Kbfn7qvTQTqas-YUDL67VK40GGMpbM/s320/B27E91FF-67B8-45E1-BBCE-85F8262A6467_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> I doubt it's just my sons case </div><div style="text-align: center;">or the fact that his jaw was fractured in three places</div><div style="text-align: center;">which leads me to this conclusion;<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the insertion of metal plates into a persons gums,</div><div style="text-align: center;">interspersed with metal brackets installed on every tooth </div><div style="text-align: center;">through which wire is woven to create a metal barrier </div><div style="text-align: center;">resembling a chicken wire fence is awful.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">While the illustration above is bad enough, </div><div style="text-align: center;">my son also has wires running horizontally as well as vertically</div><div style="text-align: center;">so his mouth hardware resembles a fine mesh handheld strainer.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nothing except fluid of clear liquid consistency can get in - or out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Add to that all the warnings about not being alone -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and carrying a scissors with you at all times -</div><div style="text-align: center;"> in case the wire has to be cut if you start choking and<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">it's enough to give you anxiety in and of itself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then 'they' give you oral antiseptic 'wash' </div><div style="text-align: center;">which you're supposed to get passed the barrier three times a day,</div><div style="text-align: center;">swish in your mouth and then spit out;</div><div style="text-align: center;">said fluid which increases the production of saliva</div><div style="text-align: center;">which drips down the back of your throat, </div><div style="text-align: center;">especially when sleeping,</div><div style="text-align: center;">so you wake up frequently coughing -</div><div style="text-align: center;">feeling like you're choking!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">The anxiety that goes along with all of this cannot be understated.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And it's that anxiety about being alone -</div><div style="text-align: center;">with the potential for a fatal outcome -</div><div style="text-align: center;">that is obstacle number two.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are few situations in which ones "aloneness" is emphasized more-</div><div style="text-align: center;">or with more dire consequences for the same-<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">than this diagnosis.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My son and I have each been comfortably single for a long time.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's not what either of us consciously chose; </div><div style="text-align: center;">it just happened and </div><div style="text-align: center;">we've each learned to live with it</div><div style="text-align: center;">and have adapted to our circumstances very well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">While I'm content to spend my remaining days in solitary pursuits,</div><div style="text-align: center;">he still has hopes of finding someone with whom to share his life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">With the exception of the occasional invitation to a wedding, with a plus one,</div><div style="text-align: center;">for which you momentarily realize there is no PLUS ONE,</div><div style="text-align: center;">there are few times when I dwell on, or think about, my single status.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">This diagnosis however reinforces on a frequent basis</div><div style="text-align: center;">that if you are alone, it's dangerous</div><div style="text-align: center;">and you shouldn't, under any circumstances, stay that way!</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">And that's a bitter pill for both of us to swallow;</div><div style="text-align: center;">on a visceral and cellular level. <br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXrt1DuJavtM2EGOQAGUsv_MtpKhUCurPMdgnXJ42JRfroBNVFQh16GSPLigoZy86E9km8zfaBuRyIC2npO2z432qglqt-_FZhe3qF0UP-l_85cMS7QbnKpW97vCsljAxBsqegVce_XCht7KFFeJ8rOLwjXsmS4eKyDMVSojPIXjw3MtOQxkhzOpD/s4032/33E58731-EDF0-44A0-A7EB-C000FA4B9440.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXrt1DuJavtM2EGOQAGUsv_MtpKhUCurPMdgnXJ42JRfroBNVFQh16GSPLigoZy86E9km8zfaBuRyIC2npO2z432qglqt-_FZhe3qF0UP-l_85cMS7QbnKpW97vCsljAxBsqegVce_XCht7KFFeJ8rOLwjXsmS4eKyDMVSojPIXjw3MtOQxkhzOpD/w480-h640/33E58731-EDF0-44A0-A7EB-C000FA4B9440.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div>After years of convincing ourselves that we're more than FINE by ourselves,</div><div style="text-align: center;">we now have to adjust to someone else determining that this line of thinking was wrong</div><div style="text-align: center;">and dangerous.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Granted that isn't the intent, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but it is the outcome and implication.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Big feelings, hard choices </div><div style="text-align: center;">and lots of wrestling with issues which we thought were settled long ago.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two independent adults, used to being alone -</div><div style="text-align: center;">by temperament, and reinforced by isolation of a global pandemic for 2 years -<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">now sharing basically the same 4 rooms, 24/7,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and, all things considered,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'd say we're fucking rock stars!</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">But easy?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nope, wouldn't say that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe39yUlRmxYeFXC9g1eCTakg6Fh15MrSQ94qrN8wYLuLJlsoMfdy5EYqShkvDySDrAnBcIzMdnFCZ4j5FdyPeDgpTkVjRtPmpXZC8Y35_HuNukKUknkVRP46SMccHcEtfLzl3rrcnN55pYNWDfVH8pAoor0-t1HhBF8al9UsD0SDR-qUL0iwA7UOdU/s4032/0B919066-CFC4-4925-84CC-F60816F8AF58.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe39yUlRmxYeFXC9g1eCTakg6Fh15MrSQ94qrN8wYLuLJlsoMfdy5EYqShkvDySDrAnBcIzMdnFCZ4j5FdyPeDgpTkVjRtPmpXZC8Y35_HuNukKUknkVRP46SMccHcEtfLzl3rrcnN55pYNWDfVH8pAoor0-t1HhBF8al9UsD0SDR-qUL0iwA7UOdU/w480-h640/0B919066-CFC4-4925-84CC-F60816F8AF58.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> We're both finding our way;</div><div style="text-align: center;">trying to get a schedule of pain meds, sleeping and 'eating', </div><div style="text-align: center;">or should I say 'drinking',</div><div style="text-align: center;">that works to keep discomfort, starvation, dehydration and going stir crazy at bay.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The difficulty lies in the reality that what works one day</div><div style="text-align: center;">doesn't seem to carry over to the next.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This need for constant monitoring and readjusting keeps one of your toes, for sure.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> Parenting someone who is a full blown adult is also a tricky proposition</div><div style="text-align: center;">under the best of circumstances;</div><div style="text-align: center;">unrelenting pain, </div><div style="text-align: center;">adjustments in perceptions of self,</div><div style="text-align: center;">dietary restrictions on a massive level</div><div style="text-align: center;">and being homebound is NOT</div><div style="text-align: center;">the best of circumstances.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think both of us are working hard to make this work.</div><div style="text-align: center;">He knows he needs help;</div><div style="text-align: center;">I know this is where I need to be right now - </div><div style="text-align: center;">and this is NOT a long term arrangement;</div><div style="text-align: center;">there is an end coming.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We just need to be patient.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Luckily, Taos couldn't be a prettier location in which to spend some time -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and end of winter/hint of spring is a gorgeous time</div><div style="text-align: center;">with volatile weather that also keeps you on your toes</div><div style="text-align: center;">with its changeability.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">(on 3x5 index cards);</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just enough to exercise my creativity.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgC6aTbD1Z35I3WSpGoVveg9u2KIyQow8_0xc_1hGSP9-xWyGX8nB2kzIRi3TRUHM3YKQblKlfrAFbY7claLkyJ4_gmQuEV0YuoDxtCFTCA4tX-cqzC3GCdduPPKPVa5nl3V7gO05YA6rC1MQbEvjnoZA1wUOpRupSnqEbDjSambCZpT1IzlDtCX9/s2507/2C120FC4-8A17-4805-B5C3-2D05A232F813_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="2507" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqgC6aTbD1Z35I3WSpGoVveg9u2KIyQow8_0xc_1hGSP9-xWyGX8nB2kzIRi3TRUHM3YKQblKlfrAFbY7claLkyJ4_gmQuEV0YuoDxtCFTCA4tX-cqzC3GCdduPPKPVa5nl3V7gO05YA6rC1MQbEvjnoZA1wUOpRupSnqEbDjSambCZpT1IzlDtCX9/w640-h388/2C120FC4-8A17-4805-B5C3-2D05A232F813_1_201_a.heic" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm here; not going anywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1yUpmr0xUOa7fyTRcmILjWDdRcthyMQJXHBH9BTLPJFuU3ddouteRpG0tMuQvVDsCwi1POV3dvefiuaSoNGho4CTD15QIhj4QV1AUN1YXuMikQ3sH1vvC_BVn2AweRRWpe-hzBDm4fSWxsPw0zoNs7cxcDpwmZstAZ5d6TqmElJCUFtdCA_pFKKa/s3400/02844E94-421F-43C4-8830-A6079F1E0E0A_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3400" data-original-width="2192" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt1yUpmr0xUOa7fyTRcmILjWDdRcthyMQJXHBH9BTLPJFuU3ddouteRpG0tMuQvVDsCwi1POV3dvefiuaSoNGho4CTD15QIhj4QV1AUN1YXuMikQ3sH1vvC_BVn2AweRRWpe-hzBDm4fSWxsPw0zoNs7cxcDpwmZstAZ5d6TqmElJCUFtdCA_pFKKa/w412-h640/02844E94-421F-43C4-8830-A6079F1E0E0A_1_201_a.heic" width="412" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Life: Embrace it all,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but wear boots;</div><div style="text-align: center;">at some point, you'll need to kick some ass.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">No one is prepared when their number comes up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Taking it day by day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXe27ffTFA3FQTeWVHlf1pAfSbJ56VVZvH_EulHgfAcvsgSy51KMX9SuGtQ7XFLFaWOm5ZzH_iNoNZdvned9g0A8g1hCpNejRV5DH9IhYyi5Oo4fuNmUGDIyI-JEAETYY7s79TeNtx4KtWASSUrVDvHiKVbkgrDp9jlEA_AbNxcV8MUukD7cDCAM8C/s2640/8A989056-8667-4D57-B78E-6DA8A9094866.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1980" data-original-width="2640" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXe27ffTFA3FQTeWVHlf1pAfSbJ56VVZvH_EulHgfAcvsgSy51KMX9SuGtQ7XFLFaWOm5ZzH_iNoNZdvned9g0A8g1hCpNejRV5DH9IhYyi5Oo4fuNmUGDIyI-JEAETYY7s79TeNtx4KtWASSUrVDvHiKVbkgrDp9jlEA_AbNxcV8MUukD7cDCAM8C/w640-h480/8A989056-8667-4D57-B78E-6DA8A9094866.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div>Hoping to be proven wrong!<br /> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8714097954452727306.post-46292335008480831422023-02-26T15:17:00.001-06:002023-02-26T15:17:39.391-06:00Wilderness<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHak3fCgKSWWC64KAVM0PuSH2XX3O1j18mTpHHDKBUadvBg-R9AehghTvyfy8vbSufrdWlMm13LJGO4oZyHCXdzJQ55V6LVxXfA4BBFUD9PHw9gqhwZmg0z1SyUrg8G4VJ2aapFSJqdE1i-akUbipzk8tgxG6PRuTTG6rQDFMsCx5HB5dJf72A--Nf/s4032/0B774E2F-5D94-4ABB-833D-3A09E7489F17.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHak3fCgKSWWC64KAVM0PuSH2XX3O1j18mTpHHDKBUadvBg-R9AehghTvyfy8vbSufrdWlMm13LJGO4oZyHCXdzJQ55V6LVxXfA4BBFUD9PHw9gqhwZmg0z1SyUrg8G4VJ2aapFSJqdE1i-akUbipzk8tgxG6PRuTTG6rQDFMsCx5HB5dJf72A--Nf/w480-h640/0B774E2F-5D94-4ABB-833D-3A09E7489F17.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">We need these times in the wilderness, </div><div style="text-align: center;">away from the norm,</div><div style="text-align: center;">where we are stripped bare</div><div style="text-align: center;">of the baggage and burdens we carry</div><div style="text-align: center;">in order to be formed and reformed</div><div style="text-align: center;">over and over again by God.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">We need these times in the wilderness</div><div style="text-align: center;">to step out into the unknown,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to seek after God's footprints in the earth,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to listen for God's voice in the wind,</div><div style="text-align: center;">to be steeped in the fullness of Gods Spirit moving</div><div style="text-align: center;">in, around and through us.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">Holy God, meet us, transform us, remake us in the wilderness</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amen</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bishop Deon Johnson <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div>Donnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18360705861565411077noreply@blogger.com0