Precious possessions turned harmful hazards hauled A way to move on. But how do I move her things and respect, honor, and consider her all at the same Time to remind myself that to respect, honor, and consider her is to keep her safe And sound the alarm: This. Is. HARD! Knock, life for us is as unpredictable As He is faithful! …to do what He said She said, crap always swirling in my mind! Just stop it already! Set… go … ahead and say it: I am tired. I am scared. “… Continue Reading
A Moving Moment
From redirecting to reminding…from doing “it” for her to picking up behind her… from meeting with family and leaving with a plan to meeting with doctors and leaving with a diagnosis. It was hard to hear and tempting to challenge. It explained experiences. It triggered emotions. After crossing the T's we were encouraged to cross, we dotted the I's we knew to dot. What remained were unmet needs, unanswered questions, and an unrevealed solution. Unsure of what to do, I did what I was Continue Reading
Trust Silence
I cannot tell you exactly what the topic was, but I can tell you that this speaker on this day said “um,” “uh,” and “so” a lot! This stood out to me not as a critique, but as a reminder. I thought about my time as a member of Toastmasters International, an organization for public speakers who want to improve their skills. One of the many forms of training we received was how to minimize and ultimately eliminate filler words such as “um,” “ah,” “so,” and “uh.” We tend to use them to fill in the Continue Reading