Ch-ch-ch-changes

Fall is here!

I don't know if I have always enjoyed changes or if that happened from being a Navy wife. (Talk about changes.) But I love changes. I love the chance to start over, start something new.

How grateful I am to live in an area with the change of seasons. The days are shorter now, and cooler. It is a joy to be outside once again. I feel invigorated and ready for a fresh fall start.

Let's not wait for New Years to roll around to make some positive changes. Here's my Fresh Fall Start goals:

1) Work on our backyard. Plant some new bushes and grasses. Get going on our rock path.

2) Walk the dog every morning for 3 miles.

3) Get my book published and marketed.

4) Start school again. I'm taking science classes, so wish me luck!

Notice there is nothing in there about a cleaner house or better cooked meals- there is a limit, you know.

What are your Fresh Fall Start goals?

Life's Vortex

I stood behind the McDonald’s counter, watching my friend pull her hand out of the bucket of pickles.

“It stings,” she complained.

She turned her arm over to revel, yet again

Five, always five, serrated marks striping her wrist.

I sat in the locker room watching another friend run her hand over her stomach.

“Why am I so fat?” she complained.

She turned sideways to revel her concave stomach. She ate

One, only one, apple for lunch every day.

I gripped the phone tighter as the story spilled out

“He’s dead,” she complained.

Then went on to revel that he shot himself on her doorstep.

Too, too much pain.

Now I watch as my kids grow, no longer children.

“Why?” they complain.

Then they turn to revel fleeting innocence.

None, I pray, none will be caught in life’s vortex.