Tag: life
One day, we won’t be here
This thought occurred to me today. Well it occurs to me a lot lately. I think deep loss does that. Makes us think of the fragility of life and our own mortality. How quickly everything can change. In an instant really. Anyway, the thought came to me during my restroom break. Sitted on the commode,…
Surprised by an Expected Grief Ambush
Two things were happening this weekend. I say two things as if life happens in a vacuum but it does not. But two things were happening, First of all, the 22nd was going to be nine months since mom passed away unexpectedly and the 23rd was going mark 25 years since we lost our brother…
Give thanks
Okay full disclaimer. For Thanksgiving, this post may be a bit of a downer but read it anyway. I am not sure where I came across this quote but I know I posted it a lot before mom died six months ago today. In looking back, the universe was trying to tell me something but…
Birthday shenanigans
Our birthday weekend is coming to an end, tomorrow we drive back to the city. And as we sit watching movies and just chilling, we wish we had another day to spend here, the weather has been crappy but the views have been majestic. The resort is just next to a huge store outlets mall…
The roller coaster of Grief
That’s the only way I can describe grief today. My mom passed way in May. It’s been about 3 months ago. Most days have been really bad days cycling through the so called stages of grief and dealing with regrets and the what ifs, could haves, should haves that are a big part of the…
Week 16: More of the same
I mean that’s life right? It’s pretty mundane. Same thing, day in day out. We have our daily lists made up of a mix of things like work, parenting, chores, school, study, sleep or lack thereof, pastimes, a major event here and there. The trick is finding meaning in those mundane days. Ok, have I…
Week 11: Another week saunters by
So let’s see what happened this past week. Work was a nightmare. It’s not that the job is hard. Truth be told, it’s an easy, pretty mediocre analyst job. The problem is just how fast-paced it is becoming as time goes on. It is near impossible to keep up. We are indefinitely shorthanded and I…
Educating my brain
I listened to a fascinating TED talk recently. As I understood it, the gist of the program was how our brain biologically does not differentiate between actual events and our memories of those events. So when we rehash a traumatic event, it’s as though we were reliving that experience all over again. The brain sends…
Daily Prompt: Revelation
The other evening after a long day at work, I was watching You Tube videos mildly following along, multi tasking on my phone, doing a few chores. I had walked away from my room to do something, and when I walked back, there was a clip of Louis C.K on the Jimmy Fallon show. If…
Authensible Musings: Piercing the mundane of everyday life 