Life

Personal stories, health journey, caregiving, resilience, becoming “unstuck,” anything that doesn’t fit neatly in Faith or Home.

  • downsizing
    Life

    Downsizing

    Downsizing has been the hardest thing ever! I am reminded of the wife in the movie, Downsizing, who when the time came refused to go through with it. In fact, she divorced her husband. At the time I thought “What a selfish woman!” Now, I understand her dilemma. Imagine having to go through and get rid of most of the things in your life? What do you choose to take with you? It has been doubly hard because we haven’t been able to get into the house yet and measure anything. I know that our dining table is going to be too big right off the bat but I have…

  • Losing It All
    Life

    Losing It All

    Sitting here writing this post I have no idea what I am doing or why. Let me begin at the beginning I guess. I am losing my home. There I said it’s not because of anything I did. For the last twenty years I have rented from the same landlord.  She is getting older and would like her son to live closer. So he’s selling his house and moving to mine. The problem is the hunt for a new house has left me stressed, heartbroken, and so many other emotions.  I have questioned if god was there or not. If he was angry with me or not. I prayed a…