Today i walked past a room suddenly disheveled and in the process of packing. My heart dropped through my feet and i stood frozen. Staring at the balled up sheets mounded on the recliner. Staring at the boxes of personal items. Staring at the bare mattress. I felt the lump in my throat and the …
Tag Archives: sadness
The Last 8 Months
8 months ago someone i respected deeply for the work he was doing and the way he treated those in his care nearly died. He remained critical for about a month. During that time i did a lot of praying, a lot of bargaining, and i made a lot of promises to God about what …
Life Before and After the Pandemic
Before the pandemic i would only include beautiful movies with happy endings in my collection. Now i include anything that invokes a feeling. I was trying to figure out why. My conclusion is this: when you see mass amounts of fear, anger, suffering, relief, sadness…. At a point you become desensitized to it all. You …
Dreams of a Different Time
It was 1 in the afternoon before i got all my aches and pains under control and was able to get out of bed and do things that needed to be done. I tracked down the post office packages. I ground some oat flour. I made some gluten-free peanut butter cookies out of the flour, …