I’ve gone from feeling sad to very, very angry… The past few weeks have felt very heavy to me, bearing the weight of the pandemic and many deaths, all the stress and changes on the healthcare frontline, and carrying the frustration, fear, and disgust…
I cried all the way through Sunday service last week. It was graduation Sunday and the whole service was centered around honoring our graduates. There were songs and announcements and a sermon and all the normal parts of the service, but there was a…
My downward spiral started when I burned a hole in my exercise ball on the space heater… This thing is HOT! What? How? Let me explain. I had one day this week to work from home and do telemedicine, so I was sitting…
Oooh, chile! It’s been a tiring week on the emotional front! It seems like a lot of things happened in the past 7 days that have challenged my attitude. First, the governor decided to open the state of Georgia for nonessential businesses. Let…
How are you feeling? It’s been interesting to watch my mind run around in the midst of this pandemic. My thoughts seem to bounce around looking for trouble, even when everything is fine. Sometimes, I’m just appreciating the fact that my family and I…
I was on the phone the other day with my husband, talking about some upcoming plans. As we compared our thoughts about the plans, we realized that we had very different perspectives on them. This is usually the case. As a rule, my husband and…
In the midst of this coronavirus pandemic, it can be easy to get swept up in all the emotion and chaos. Being in healthcare, I thought I was immune to all that. I haven’t cleared out the stores for bleach and toilet paper, and I…
Have you ever been to a Korean spa? Perry and I love to go, and unfortunately for us, so do the kids (love ’em, but it’s not as relaxing when you have to monitor their activities). There’s a new one here in a neighboring town,…
This past weekend was my grandmother’s memorial service. She was almost 98 years old when she died a few weeks ago. Grandma was a wonderful woman and we all were sad to see her go, but 98 years? That’s a long life. So…
I think I’m going through a phase… About a year ago, I told my husband that I wanted to put a layer of red in my hair. Not anything permanent, mind you, but the trend toward fun colors in hair was back and I…