Tag: December
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When a Soul Leaves…
I knew nothing about this person other than what I saw on TV when he was part of The Ellen Show or from his social media account dancing with his wife and family showing nothing but smiles on their faces. As many posts online state, one never truly knows what is going on the inside…
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Planned Selfishness
While I was home I came to a realization that surprised me. I’m tired of ‘changing’ or trying to do so. Obviously, the core person I am is the same – and likely always will be. However, I constantly believe that I need to ‘better’ myself. Whether that is through what I eat, how I…
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Beauty of Words
While I was home I had an interesting conversation on the idea of what it means to be ‘selfish’ and if anyone can truly be considered ‘self-less’ or ‘altruistic’. A deeper discussion on this might come in a later post, but for the moment, I want to discuss words and their meanings. First of all,…
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Re-adjusting
It has been nearly a week already since I returned home to Italy. The time has passed so quickly as I’ve been trying to adjust back to life with socializing, routines, priorities, and the like. Unfortunately, my lack of consistent sleep has been defining much of my productivity – or lack thereof. So, my priority…
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Reflections: Making Life Meaningful
Relationships always have ups and downs, whether romantic or platonic. I value my relationships as treasures and gifts that can never be replaced, because – well – they can’t. Whether or not one believes in God or a higher being, it shouldn’t be a stretch of the imagination nor acceptance to acknowledge that people come…
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Christmas Season
M is a December child, so we generally try to respect his birthday as separate to the holiday season. However, in recent years, he seems to be more into the Christmas spirit than his birthday – aside from his 50th last year – perhaps aging is less desirable the older he gets? 🤷🏽♀️ This year,…
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Beginning End-of-Year Reflections
Last year, I sort of skipped my usual month-long period of reflection and envisioning what the next year will look like for me. For the world, 2020 will be a year remembered as when our concept of normal started to be redefined. Looking back, 2021 has been an even better year than 2020 for me/us.…
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He’s 50!
We had a number of different variation of how my “old man” would ring in the new decade at half a century years old. However, none of those came to fruition thanks to the changes in COVID-19 (shame it was 20, huh?). Even as it was, we were technically in violation of lockdown rules when…
