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    Amazing little miracle – January 30, 2010

    Do you know how small the world really is? I sit in the middle of the newsroom of the Kentucky Enquirer. I hear reporter, Mark Hansel, talking about two men who went to help an orphanage in Haiti. It’s quite a story. I didn’t stop working to hear what he was telling our assistant editor, Dave. Today I open the nky.com website and there is the story. http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/20100129/NEWS0103/1300358/NKY+men+recount+Haiti+work What is fascinating is that in these weeks following the Haitian tragedy, I have had the photo album of the trip laying out on my desk. I look at the photos and…

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    Weirdness giving way January 28, 2010

    OK I’ve really had it with myself now.  I think this blog is just a whine zone.  Enough already.  For the last three weeks I’ve been writing to my son-in-laws grandmother everyday.  I felt like God was asking me to do this. On New Year’s Day, she had a serious fire in her home. She has been displaced and is living with her son’s family. She is a delightful person. She is one of the most devout Catholic women I’ve ever known.  She didn’t want any fuss made and we were asked to “stay away.”  I prayed about that and felt…

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    Starving chidren. Fat Mary Lu. January 27, 2010

    More news from Haiti. People are not getting the food and water they need in the countryside. Skirmishes and panic add to the frustration of the families trying to care for their young. I got a fill in my band today – so I won’t overeat. ….but I still do. Now what in the hell am I thinking?  What in the hell am I doing? My belly is swollen like the starving children.  The doctor says it’s scar tissue from 4 abdomenal surgeries.  It has taken on a life of it’s own.  We could use it to play basketball.  I…

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    Haiti Earthquake and disaster – January 22, 2010

    People have asked me, “How I’m doing about Haiti.” It unsettles me when I hear this question.  How are they doing about Haiti?  Should I feel differently than they?  Do I feel differently?  I was there 40 years ago, when I was 15.  “Don’t be afraid of death…” These words were spoken by a woman carried out of the rubble six days after the first quake.===I am very afraid of death. I confess. I think my fear started there…in Haiti.This catastrophe is nothing but death and fear staring us all in the face everyday on the news. It was the…

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    Time has changed a bit – Jan 20, 2010

    I can’t decide if I run out of time everyday to blog and answer e-mails like I should, or if I’m avoiding these things because I don’t want to face reality. I think t’is the latter. I have received wonderful suggestions on ways to improve my outlook, my physical shape and other things, yet I sit on my duff and just think about it.  I’m floundering.  I’m feeling like I’m out here all alone.  The weight is creeping back up at an alarming rate. The doctor I want to go to, I can’t afford.  I need a support group of…

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    Whale! January 16, 2010

    A friend sent this tidbit to me.  It made my whole  day; Recently, in a large city in France, a poster featuring a young, thin and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym. It said, “This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?” A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym. To Whom It May Concern,Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans.) They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby…

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    Self-loathing is back January 9 2010

    I’m sitting in Bowling Green, Kentucky.  Fred’s robotic’s teams just won second in the state. They competed against 36 teams from across the state, many of them were middle schoolers.  Thus, the second place is awesome! I’m so proud of Fred and what he does. He’s down at the pool with them now while they burn off some energy. I’m sitting in the room will a belly full of good food, feeling grim. I am hating everything about myself again.  Surprise.  Overindulgence.  My middle name.  It will plague me the rest of my life. It will never change. I will…

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    Happy New Year 2010! – Jan. 1

    I like the sound of 2010. It’s a nice, even number. I hope the year is equal to its name. Nice and even – healthy, hopeful and happy.  May we enjoy the birth of new lives, with no loss this year. My prayer is that family, friends and everyone on the planet, really, experiences the fulfillment of dreams, and that their goals are not cut short for lack of anything. Resolutions?  Let’s see, I’m 54.  I am resolved to turn 55, to be kinder to others, to be more patient, maybe even to be a little kinder to myself – oh that last one…