Tag: thanksgiving
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how to Survive this mid-term
I wrote my initial blog on this site in October 2020. I didn’t realize then, what was to come. I’ve written plenty about life, love (in so many forms), addiction, and how to navigate this world with “worst case scenario” scenarios. Survival is not hyperbole. Small victories are total successes. I take little for granted…
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I want my field of dreams back
Escaping from life is what I did best. I still look for respite in my own ways. Playing and watching sports allowed my young brain to process life. As a young kid in the 70’s, I didn’t get this cerebral. I didn’t experience life and think, “I’m going to escape into a ‘Field of Dreams’…
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Triggers
I hear things like, “Grief is love,” and “grief is an expression of love.” To me, it’s a fucking suffocating weighted blanket cloaking me in a lifetime of sorrow. You will likely not read that in many books on grief. I am currently in grief therapy, and practiced EMDR. It helps and works to the…
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Living; a lesson from Ana
Grief is a faulty, smothering weight on our lives. So much gets lost. Naomi and I spend so much energy in survival mode that we often forget to celebrate. This weekend I drove to Chicago to see a collection of short plays, one of which, written by Ana. Her play was submitted and accepted. Her…
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Embrace Suffering; Leaving Gen-Z for X
Have you ever started to write, only to go down a rabbit hole with seemingly, no ending in sight? Well, I did yesterday. I made a statement that my generation had it so hard. We suffered and endured. We walked 10 miles to school, uphill, BOTH WAYS. Some things are true. I grew up in…
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we the People; a fight with empathy
Something happened. I don’t know when. We stopped caring for one another. We lost the ability to empathize with one another. We lost the ability to care for one another. We lost the will to compromise. We are failing ourselves in increasingly rapid proportions. We all suffer when one of us suffers. We, the People,…
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It’s about the ride; the walking cliché
“It’s important that you blog when you’re having a good day.”-HS. Challenge. Accepted. Today is a good day. I woke up after a decent night’s sleep. Naomi was feeling better after an ice-induced slip the day before. Phoebe’s rambunctious demeanor was on full display. The sun is shining and it’s Friday. I even got to…
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great people find great people
I watched Jacob’s alma mater, St. Ed’s, play mine, Shaker Heights, in hockey yesterday. I’ve stayed very connected with Ed’s since Jacob got sick and eventually passed away. The game was insignificant in terms in many ways. I didn’t pay attention to details. I have no idea who was who. It didn’t matter. Coming back…
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Big Plan: 2022
BIG GOALS Lose 150 lbs Complete one 5K Get Off All Health-Related Meds Read 15 Books Visit Israel and Lisbon Play Guitar Again, Poorly Nutrition/Food Plan Log ALL Food, Water/Coffee in “Lose it” App Food Prep Sundays regardless of how I feel Make all Lunches for week Food Prep Sundays for all meals that week…
As Told by Brandt 