by skimhenson | Sep 26, 2011 | letting go, relationships, family stories
My husband John and I ran to the overhang, holding the same umbrella. Both of us wet from our knees down when we got inside, I pulled off my shoes and sat cross-legged on the overstuffed corduroy sofa. Our son Rusty met us there and asked if his sister was coming. We...
by skimhenson | Sep 16, 2011 | awareness and action
Lying on the beach this afternoon, I drifted to sleep in the warm breeze, to the backdrop of splashing waves and a flock of cawing seagulls. That was, until she cackled. I looked down the strand at the same woman who had been talking on her cell phone when I found my...
by skimhenson | Sep 14, 2011 | renovations for home and life
Living in our 4,000-square-foot home was comfortable. We bought the fixer-upper on meager salaries. Within months, my husband and I were offered better paying jobs and renovating the old place got a lot easier. We sealed the nearly 100-year-old rambling house with...
by skimhenson | Sep 8, 2011 | awareness and action, choices and decisions
Life sometimes feels like the movie Groundhog Day. I hang in there and hope for the best. However, until I change something, the same scene plays again and again. Albert Einstein called it insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results....
by skimhenson | Sep 5, 2011 | awareness and action, honesty
“I’m fat, aren’t I?” she said. Instead of gently responding that maybe exercise and an eating plan may help, I spent hours telling her what I thought she wanted to hear, that she wasn’t overweight at all. When a mutual friend reproached another about being...