Category: friendship
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Prayer Answered?
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in aging, anxiety, exercise, extrovert, Faith, friendship, INFJ, introvert, journaling, social anxietyYesterday I wrote about feeling lonely and missing having a close friend and how hard it is to meet new people. Now, I’ve written about that on more than one occasion with no change, but if you look close enough, you can almost always find God’s hands in your life. I’ve been attending a water…
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New Driver Anxiety
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I know that teaching a teen to drive causes anxiety in the vast majority of parents, regardless of their general level of anxiety on a daily basis. Then there’s me. Yes, I have anxiety about their driving. But even more than that, I have anxiety about my ability to not just teach them, but hide…
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Biting my tongue
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99% of the conflict in our house stems from tone of voice. Have you talked to a teenager lately? Have you heard how they speak to others. Not just to parents, but siblings and even friends? I swear their tone of voice shouts “You idiot, don’t you know anything?” Yesterday was a very long day…
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FREEDOM!!!!!
After an entire month of being confined to my home unless I could bum a ride off of someone, I am FREE! Yesterday I had my follow up with the orthopedist and he said I could start driving again and walk without the boot. He did say I might find my foot/ankle getting tired and…
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Reluctant lessons
As a teacher and librarian, I believe in life-long learning. I have often used the phrase “First Attempt in Learning” when teaching students that it’s okay to fail as long as you learn from the mistakes. Sometimes life throws lessons your way without warning. And usually they are the lessons we least want to learn. …
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Lonely
I’ve been feeling lonely the last few days. I can’t give a specific reason, really. I’ve actually been with people a lot this week. Friday night we went to dinner at the home of a family from church, Sunday was church, Confirmation class, and a women’s luncheon. Yesterday I had my water aerobics class. I’ve…
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New routines
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My daughter has been taking aerial silks classes for several years now. I had noticed that she wasn’t talking about it nearly as enthusiastically as she had been, but she never said anything about quitting. When she decided to try out for color guard I told her she would probably have to quit aerial just…
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Crazy Week
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This week has been so very crazy and full of exposures I certainly didn’t pick! My husband drives a 2017 Prius. It’s a hand-me-down from my aunt and uncle. We have had no problems with it in the 2.5 years we’ve had it. Monday evening I got a text from him saying his car wouldn’t…
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Coping (or trying)
It’s been 12 days since the death of my best friend. It hurts and I’m lonely. My daughter is struggling and I feel like I can’t help her because I can barely help me. Keeping busy helps, but at the same time I would rather just sleep and I can’t focus on anything substantial. I’ve spent an obscene amount…
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Lost
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I feel lost. I keep going through the motions, but I don’t feel like I’m getting anywhere, nor do I even know where I want to go. Kim’s memorial was yesterday. It was difficult, but I made it through my eulogy without falling apart (I saved that for before and after). I guess all those years of theatre…