Black Oak's Daughter

Things in my life have been somewhat uncontrolled lately.  My job is intense, my kid has made her own decision to move out and left a mess behind, my health is not where I want it to be, and there are a few things missing that I’m trying not to dwell on.  It’s all been sucking me down into this [...]

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Conversation with a friend on IM at the end of a stressful day at work:

J: I’m looking at leather coats again

Me: gonna get one this time?

J: I don’t think I’m gonna get it, no. But I DO think I’m gonna get a pair of moleskin jeans 

Me: oooooooh yummy, soft, I love moleskin

Me: poor [...]

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Minime moved out yesterday.  This simultaneously makes me feel proud, sad, hopeful, and relieved.  She’s come a long way. She’s definitely got my stubborn streak.  I wish it had gone better with her living here. It’s very hard to adjust to adulthood after college when still living at home in the same house that she has [...]

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Talk happiness; talk faith; talk health. Say you are well, and all is well with you, and God shall hear your words and make them true.-Ella Wheeler-Wilcox
 A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
-Benjamin Franklin

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