I am currently an empty nester residing in Richmond, VA (capital of the Confederacy.) A displaced Yankee from Philadelphia, I often feel like a fish out of water here in the good old Southland, but after 18 years you adjust. My husband and I bought the ultimate fixer upper and most of my spare time, these days, seems to be taken up with restructuring, redesigning and rebuilding this home. I write from both my experiences and that of others whom I have come in contact with, who have left an indelible impression on me.
My passion is ...
living life one day at a time and enjoying the moment.
I know too much about ...
grief
My parents always told me ...
You make your bed, you lie in it
My childhood ambition ...
To become a doctor
My favorite memory ...
the day my son got his driver's license and drove off "into the sunset."
Why I write ...
because it is cathartic.
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
Stephen Hawking/Flash Forward/Enya
My first job ...
babysitter
My best moment ...
When my son received news of his internship
My inspiration ...
My son and my husband
In retrospect what is life but for one challenge after another? To some of us life is more challenging than others or so it may seem, but one never knows what goes on behind the closed doors of others' lives they may have challenges we can't even conceive of. From the birth process (no great challenge, there with a rough trip down that narrow, slimy birth canal, ultimately ending up in an outside world we know nothing about) to death, the ultimate challenge of when to hang onto hope and when to let go, life in between is just one challenge after another. This is not to say that life is not...
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