Yesterday while out shopping, I saw the bank building I went to as a child was torn down. A small prick of regret pierced my heart. A piece of my childhood was gone. Continue reading “Uprooting Milly”
I was asked to revisit my thoughts on 2017. At first I balked. I really wanted to leave it all behind me. But as I left my friends’ place I became intrigued. Continue reading “Blessing Found”
I seem to spend my life getting back to what I started. It feels so good when our tasks spin off with a big stamp of “DONE.” Well…a lot of things got done in January. Yay! Now for the goals and plans that lay scattered throughout Milly’s Realm that were abandoned while I was reacting to life.
I woke to a cold rainy winter day this Sunday morning. As I drove to Church I spied our Town’s lighthouse shining through the mist of the morning drizzle. I then realized I was heading to my Lighthouse…
Milly’s Realm has shifted again. This is the first Christmas Eve in decades that I haven’t stuffed my own stocking! It feels a little weird.
1. Something happening or changing swiftly; 2. Something very destructive; 3. A column of air rotating rapidly around a core of low pressure. [Ref. Encarta Dictionary] Pretty much describes the last week of my life – a whirlwind. The week has been an exhilarating, thrilling, rousing, overwhelming, stressful, kind of week. Continue reading “Whirlwind”
This week felt like a major strategy session. The mission is the taming Milly’s Chaotic Crazy Christmas Traditions. I spent most of the year ignoring the Big “C.” Then after my Blackened Friday, I decided some decisions had to be made. My first reaction was to pull out my ‘Nuclear Option:’ Skip Christmas 2016 altogether. Continue reading “Plotting Christmas”
