Thought Salad

Tag: relationships

  • Night out with the boys

    Night out with the boys

    A Saturday with the kids, catching up from my time away. They ran around at the McDonalds with the play place, creating gangs of good guys and bad guys with random strangers. I watched with amazement as the culture of childhood surpassed the boundaries of strangers and age, as every child in the shrieking shack…

  • Home again

    Home again

    Home. My interlude by the sea almost forgotten although it was only a few hours ago, I quietly crawled into bed to the warmth of my loved ones. The soft sound of little breaths, a whistle and a snore filled the air, while he dreams sweetly beside me. They missed me, as always, but I’m…

  • Too much Tuesday

    Too much Tuesday

    First day back at school, but no, I didn’t take the pictures. I was already gone, headed to work before the kids went to school. I asked my husband if he could take pictures, and he did. But he warned me in advance that the kids were crying. Not about anything earthshaking or new, just…

  • Manic Monday?

    Manic Monday?

    Today started out with a bang- literally. I’m pretty sure the sound of me hitting the floor after missing the last few steps was loud enough to qualify. And of course, this was after waking up an hour earlier than normal, after an alarm clock on a long weekend Monday broke into my dreams. The…

  • Life and the fall of summer

    Another month gone, the summer draws to a close. I see the leaves changing, yellow and orange appearing as though the green was dipped in paint, An art project one of my kids left out to dry. The summer was so short and now again I feel the chill in the mornings, barely above freezing…

  • Midweek musings

    Midweek musings

    I took last night off my blog. I’d thought about writing, then deliberately made the choice not to. My year of blogging dangerously was over months ago, but I’m happy to find that it has remained a valuable part of my day, on most days, at least. Yesterday however, was not one of those days.…

  • Thoughts on an open road

    Thoughts on an open road

    Memory is a funny thing; It feels like just yesterday when I last made the drive, back and forth through the never-ending prairie skies Today they were overcast and grey, Sometimes the sun shone down, Sometimes the rain was in my way. My thoughts ran rampant, Steering their own destiny as we drove So many…

  • Tautology Of life

    Tautology Of life

    Birth and death, Beginnings and endings Those at the start of the day And those watching the sun set We all start out fresh Unwrinkled Sublime But use up that spark, Until one day, The light winks out The curtains fall, And the next act begins What if the light we see As we go…

  • Thursday thoughts

    Thursday thoughts

    Thursday is my new favorite day I think. All the anticipation of the weekend without any of the despair of time wasted. Tonight, the weekend looms full of promise, with time to spare to get all of the things done that I’d like. It seems to stretch out indefinitely, with plenty of it available to…

  • Wednesday’s child

    Wednesday’s child

    Are we there yet? The week screams in my ear Like a small child When the trip is taking too long My eyes are gritty and I yawn Too much laundry Too much to clean Too much work to do And not enough time I wonder if a longer week Would be a blessing, Or…