First, we were to get to Dulles around 8:00 PM.This would put us home around 10 or 10:30 PM. Not so bad. Now the Jet Blue flight doesn’t leave the gate until 8:30 PM. We get in after 10 PM. By the time I collect my wife’s luggage and we drive home, it will be after midnight. I suppose it could be worse.With the unpredictable weather patterns currently, there could be further … [Read more...] about Why Does JetBlue Keeps Pushing Back Our Return Flight?
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Why Was My Therapist Chuckling At What I Said?
Ok, the joke was on me.I had just stated that I was feeling funny writing about depression when I wasn’t feeling depressed. This must have caught my therapist off guard. She was chuckling to herself, but the smile on her face gave her away. It is important to know which side you are seeing. I was seeing a side of her she rarely lets out.My therapist has been a rock, and … [Read more...] about Why Was My Therapist Chuckling At What I Said?
Is The New Year A New Life?
Photo by Manuel Sardo on Unsplash2024 really sucked.I lost my Mother towards the end of March, and my wife lost her Father in late November. And my adult children lost the two grandparents that they had grown up with. Even if my Mom’s passing was expected, after all, she was 96, going on 97. Thinking about it happening is different than it actually happening.My grandson and new … [Read more...] about Is The New Year A New Life?
What Makes Me Choose to Live with Depression?
Photo by Marten Bjork on UnsplashChoosing not to live with depression is, for me, choosing suicide.Because of my family history, I see that I either learn to face depression and live with it, or check out. And my one instance of contemplating checking out occurred almost 50 years ago. Since then, I have understood that I am more afraid of death than I am of living with … [Read more...] about What Makes Me Choose to Live with Depression?
There’s Just a Lot Going On, So OK May Be Enough – PART TWO
Scroll down to read the rest of the story...I am amazed at the changes the last month has brought.I had just returned from trekking in the Grand Canyon a month ago. Things were stable with family, and I had just booked a flight up north for Thanksgiving. Work was good, and I was getting to use the wood stove some mornings to take the chill out of the living room.And then stuff … [Read more...] about There’s Just a Lot Going On, So OK May Be Enough – PART TWO