Livingwords11.blog

Wisdom in everyday life

being single

  • Hair Liberation

    I’m undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair. Hillary Clinton I am one of those women who enjoys changing my look to accommodate my emerging identity. I have worn my hair in so many different ways and have been so many different colors, (probably speaks to the many personalities living Read more

  • Old shirt new shirt

    The ego is our enemy there can be no doubt. The ego just loves to ruin our day. For me there is nothing more disgusting than being dressed and out the door just to learn upon seeing your reflection in a window that the outfit in mind is not the outfit on. The clothes at Read more

  • Stand up

    I am sitting in another town trying to decide on the turn I feel coming up on my path. Most of my adult life if I change my driver’s license to match my address I will move soon after that. This last time I didn’t even think about it until I got my new license Read more

  • The blessing of children

    My daughter got the pictures back from her wedding and I looked through them first with a critical eye on how awesome I looked. After a moment of vanity I continued to look and I came across this picture of my three kids. I was struck by the passage of time. I just stared at Read more

  • This to shall pass

    This too shall pass because this is only temporary. This day is only temporary, this is Wednesday July 11th and this day shall pass. And tomorrow will be another day and no matter the importance of this day or the next day these days are only temporary. She says to herself over and over again Read more

  • Transmutation

    I hope you had a wonderful 4th. It was a hot day here but from my high-rise building I could see fire works going off all over the southern half of the state. We celebrated our Independence Day with great fury and then I went to bed. As I woke up this morning I felt Read more

  • Hidden depths

    I was walking through the neighborhood again and started out on a trail and around a bend was this small body of water. It was nearly covered with this green growth stretching across the little lake. There was a small dock so I walked out on it and as I reached the end that dock Read more

  • Pathways and passages

    I was walking yesterday through another part of my neighborhood. It is my favorite thing when I am in a new location to walk through the neighborhood and learn all about it. This part I was in is a magical area where the houses are old and grand. It is the kind of neighborhood I Read more

  • New York, New York

    I am traveling today with my daughter and we are headed to the big apple, my favorite American city. Natalie has a birthday tomorrow and is getting married on the 24th. It dawns on me that this is not just a mom and daughter birthday get away this is the last time we will be Read more

  • Just being

    Today I am going to take Sami’s advice and just be. Today I am going to enjoy my walk to my French class and I will not think about the wind whipping my hair in my face and across my glasses I will walk with hair in my face and just be fine about it. Read more