coming to the table

A little milestone, sure, but a milestone nontheless. Grammy sat at the breakfast table with us this morning, for the first time since her fall (a week and five hours ago, in case you’ve lost count) Okay, “with” us is a stretch, because by the time she made it, the kids were done eating. But […]

Baby steps

So, I bought a heart rate monitor!  Isn’t that great? (uh, sure, is what you should be saying now) So I went for a walk with it.  With the dogs.  We didn’t dawdle, but we didn’t run either.  I was pretty impressed, I averaged 125 bpm (“beats per minute,” I had to look that up) […]

Build a bridge

and get over it! Isn’t that what whats-his-name says? You know. The guy. I have, apparently, a huge mental block over accomplishing anything. Even trivial things take tons of effort. And yes, I know all about Bob. (“Baby steps on the bus, baby steps to the back of the bus…”) It’s just that I’m stuck. […]