Category: The Herring Herd
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navigating when i really can’t walk. and learning to be speedracer. and amazing jen hatmaker outings. and grace.
First, I don’t know how to describe this shuffle and slide and hold on to everything-and-everybody-near-me thing I’ve got going on right now when I try to “walk” – but my mobility has gone to hell in a handbasket in the past couple of days (not that it was great before – but this is […]
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remembering ryan – and finding wings.
When our dear friend Ryan passed away, he didn’t want a memorial service. That type of thing really wasn’t him. He was too full of life for all of that business. So we started celebrating him at our local Dia de los Muertos festival instead with an altar for him. All of the colors and […]
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it’s the most wonderful time of the year. . .
After my last post about all that is going awry right now, I want to encourage all of us to, yes, pay attention and stand and be heard, but also to be sure we are taking time away from this insanity for plenty of rest and time with loved ones and self care. I’m also […]
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the best of and the worst of.
The smell of hospitals in winter, And the feeling that it’s all a lot of oysters but no pearl. . . – Counting Crows I had a spectacularly shitty medical day today. Truly. Lots to tell. I’ve also had some wonderful times with my nearests and there are some soul stirring things I want to share […]
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october 16th – so much to say, so much to say, so much to say. . .
October 16th is a heavy, heavy day and I have many thoughts to share this morning. First of all, I’m the person who takes forever to clean out my inbox and never thinks to delete messages from friends. Example: However, I am so grateful now that I often don’t delete messages from friends after I’ve […]
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sick season is here.
I woke up to the plague yesterday morning. It’s “just a cold” to a normal human – but I’m not a normal human anymore. I’m immunosuppressed due to a combination of RA meds. So I feel like I have the most terrible case of the flu I’ve ever had in my life – though it’s […]
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after an ugly day in the world, let’s all keep finding beauty in our own spaces.
Yesterday, on the way home from a wonderful visit with our family, the notification came to my phone that the Senate had indeed confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Regardless of one’s political leanings, this confirmation is so ugly and divisive, and feels to many of us as though it flies in the face […]
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getting back up.
It has been the worst few days, physically and emotionally. Monday afternoon, my precious bestie left flowers and prezzies for Sara and for me on our front porch – even though she was sick herself and out of spoons to boot. She is just the very best. And the extra love was much needed. Hell […]
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good stuff, rough stuff, and onward.
First of all, after yesterday’s major issues with our older daughter, wouldn’t you know that I logged on for online church this morning and this was today’s sermon topic: Here is the link to this wonderful sermon if you want to watch it: https://www.churchofthehighlands.com/media/message/surviving-lifes-worst-moments I so needed it today. As I said yesterday, God’s got […]
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feeling small.
we are frail, we are fearfully and wonderfully made forged in the fires of human passions, choking on the fumes of selfish rage and, with these our hells and our heavens, so few inches apart we must be awfully small and not as strong as we think we are. – rich mullins We had […]
the autoimmune hippie. 