I carefully made my grocery list, adding the ingredients that I knew went into the dish I wanted to make. I remembered the ingredients almost like muscle memory but I wasn’t 100% sure. When it was almost time to put the dish together, I caught myself thinking that I could just ask Mama. Oh the …
Celebrating Through the Pain
Peace…..I knew that Mama’s peace would bring about my pain. I knew that her absence would bring my anxiety. But, when I tell you that we had a celebration yesterday of her life, I mean we had a CELEBRATION. To know that she was loved by so many makes my heart rest easier. I may …
It Could Be Worse But It Could Be Better
Do you ever find yourself responding to someone with "well, it could be worse"? Sometimes we listen to someone else's maladies and just want to provide comfort but I can assure you that telling someone it could be worse does not constitute words of comfort. While, yes, in many cases it can indeed be worse, …
Prayer Circle
Those that know me know that I like to cook. And, not just any kind of cooking. The things that I like to cook are just as much diva as I am. Therefore, when you need something like truffle oil and you're just too tired to make a grocery run you do the next best …
Threadbare
When I was a little girl, I had a yellow blanket that I slept with every night. The blanket had, at one time, been a heated blanket because there were little pockets where the elements must have been. It had one of those satin ribbon edges and I absolutely loved rubbing the satin edge on …
Friends Who Sit in the Rain
Yesterday I just wanted to sit outside and stare at the clouds. I needed air that was fresh from nature. I needed time to process everything that is swirling around in this crazy mess of a mind of mine. There’s no better place than nature to hit the reset button on your mental state. Vitamin …
Sisters By Choice
Mama never had a sister, only two brothers. She was the baby of the family and raised around rough and tumble boys. They were much older when she was born so she grew up following in the footsteps of her dad and brothers, learning things like the mechanical workings of tools. These were things that …
Life’s a Stage
We begin this life outside of the womb as an infant. Then, we progress through all of the stages -- the toddler, the child, the tween, the teen, and then, finally, we arrive to adulthood. Even diapers have "stages" on them. Or, at least they used to when my kids were little. We couldn't wait …
Healthcare Olympics
On today’s episode of what I’m calling the “Healthcare Olympics,” we navigated Macon in the rain, in a wheelchair, with one hand guiding the chair and one hand holding the umbrella. It is a wonder I didn’t dump Mama in the middle of the road. We have to get through this with humor so buckle …
The Collection of Things
Want and need are two things that we begin learning the difference of at a very early age. We learn that we need food and we want certain kinds. The two things, though similar, are distinctly different yet the dissimilarity sometimes has a blurred line. I think back to when I graduated high school. I …
Messpot Diaries 