Tag Archives: Ordinary Life
HOW I DID CARE
I was a sensitive soul and I still am. I spent a lot of my youth chasing friendship and suffering because of it. I have the insight that it wasn’t until I experienced Jason’s death that I learned how unimportant all that was. The pain of loss and bereavement set my course for many years after that. Maturity finally came to me, when I learned what true pain was. Continue reading
THIS ONE IS LIFELONG; THE MUSIC IS FOREVER
The “writer inside” returned to me today in the early morning hours. I had to write about my shame that I allowed disappointment to close my heart so many times in my life. I was remembering those feelings, and how this year so many things about my friend were revealed to me. She struggled so much in high school and I hadn’t understood. I remembered how desperately I had wanted to be closer with her when we were very young. Continue reading
MY LIFE IS NOW PEACHY
I remember how giddy I was when I first began writing my blog. I could not stop thinking about all the funny and interesting things I wanted to write about. My posts would list the times of day and what had occurred! I find it interesting how that has changed for me. My passion for music has eclipsed everything now.
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JUDY OF THE FUTURE
It was 35 years ago. I can hear my teacher’s voice, and she is telling me that our assignment is to write a “stream of consciousness.” I remember I was quite silly. Sometimes, I would write nonsense to just fill up that white sheet of notebook paper. I enjoyed writing about all the boyfriends I was so fickle about. Often, I wrote to a version of my future self. I called her “Judy of the Future.”
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