staying in the moment

It’s the Most Challenging Time of the Year for Me!

It may not be a scary time for you, but it’s the most challenging time of the year for me! February is the month I make my annual doctor appointments. These are not routine appointments for physicals and eye exams. These appointments ensure my breast cancer has not returned or metastasized. These next few months will be agonizing for me. All my fears of recurrence rise to the…

Free Stress; It’s Officially Holiday Time!

It’s the day after Halloween, and our town has already strung holiday lights across the major roadways. Instead of pretty shaped holly buds, I think they should hang neon signs saying, Free Stress; It’s Officially Holiday Time! Call me old-fashioned, but I’d like to concentrate on Thanksgiving now. It is a memorable holiday for this country, and the earlier we push up Christmas…