Blog
Welcome to my blog where I write pieces about life that includes some of my experiences peppered with humor that will inspire and encourage you. This journey on earth can be difficult and crazy at times and we all need some inspiration to keep moving forward. Enjoy!
Gwen
Live Life with Defiant Joy
Being a strong-willed child got me in trouble many times and I don’t think it got any better as I grew up. Thinking about this reminds me when I was young, and my dad had gone off to college giving my sister and me a chance to show our mother how we could be good...
The Amazing Jump in The Sky
Often, I hear the phrase, take a leap of faith. Well, recently I put it to the test. I like to think that I don’t have many fears, just hesitations are what I call them. One of those ‘hesitations’ is being high up from the ground. Of course, I won’t admit this to...
The Calm in the Storm
The wind picked up causing Cindy’s hair to tickle her face. As she brushed her hair back with her gloved hand, she left a smug of dirt on her cheek. Cindy only had a few more areas in the flower bed to weed but the sky was getting dark and angry looking. Cindy...
One Man’s Death
The smell of bread lingered in the air as it cooled on the old wooden table in the middle of the stone home. Rolled up bed mats stored along the north wall and the fireplace housed embers now left unattended. The dirt floor was swept and ready for the family to...
The Sock Episode and Faith
Working in an assisted living facility has its moments of funny and weird situations. Some of the residents with worsening dementia can come up with some odd antics or off the wall comments. One such afternoon I was trying to finish some assessments when I received...
I Remember
The atmosphere in the kitchen was tense. Once again, his anger had taken over and the storm on his face showed that there was more to come. Her body tensed as her heart rate increased getting ready for a fight. Why can’t we have a normal disagreement with a healthy...