Hanging On

The other day, on NPR,  I heard a sad news story of a "killer whale" (such a misnomer that) - hanging onto her deceased pup. The newscaster insouciantly called it her "journey of grief" and that it had been a record breaking 17 days before she had "finally" released her dead pup. I am not quite sure what saddened me the most; - that the news caster seemed not to have compassion for another living mammal who had lost her "child", or that in that oh so sad journey the whale was labeled  a killer instead of what she was (an Orca or at the very least a very sad Marine Mammal) or that there seemed not to be any compassion for that particular marine mammal and the time it took her to "realize" that it was not going to get any better so she let go.

That Got Me to Thinking...

How long do we, as humans, hang onto things that are no longer of use to us or that no longer serve us? How long do we hang onto relationships that are not going to get any better? How long are we going to hang onto our fears, hang-ups and let downs and let them affect our power to make decisions or choices, whether informed or spur of the moment? How long are we going to sit quietly by and let life "happen"? 

Making Up For Lost Time

Last week I bought a computer. This was after 4 and a half years of doing the right thing, self denial, worrying about the needs of others and being a wife and mother. And you know what I think? I should have done it YEARS ago -  When my first computer decided to die on me. I never should have denied myself this piece of electronics. I  always thought of a computer as a luxury, not a necessity. But more fool me. I found out the hard way that you REALLY DO NEED a computer at home. 

So, while I denied myself this necessity, life moved on without me. I got out of touch. I lost my files that I had paid to keep in the clouds (or so I though), favorite sites shut down  and I now have to learn the technology all over again.  

You either make things happen, Watch things happen or ask "What Happened".

Well, I am now asking "What Happened" and I am now trying to catch up and figure out what's next. 

O.K.  Wish me Luck.

Let Go

 I am sharing an article written by my business and life coach Lisa Robbin Young. You may know her as The Renaissance Mom and the owner of The Direct Sales Classroom. She originally posted this blog post quite a while ago.  I feel that the teachings here are significant for this point in the present as well as in the future. 

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 In the past 24 hours it feels as though I have awakened from a 35 year coma. I can’t begin to explain everything here, at least not yet. But new realities have come into my field of vision, and I’m seeing the world through somewhat different eyes. As moms, we