Author: Mirm

Happy Birthday Jim #68

Jim, Your high school reunion was this year. I was asked if I would like to attend in your honor. which says a great deal about how valued you were that they still miss you and wish you were around to celebrate with them. (I didn’t go because I was in RI when it happened).…

By Mirm November 8, 2023 2

A Bakers Dozen.

13 years ago Jim went to heaven where time is different than here – there is no morning and evening. There is no night. There is only joy and light and Jesus! But on this side of the veil there are days which turn into weeks, months and years. There is waiting and remembering and…

By Mirm November 5, 2023 1

Fixin’ to Carry you to the Store

I am marveling at language and how it changes. I am startled by social cues and the evolution of language. I love talking to my bestie about slang and phrases that have faded in popularity. I always have been. Perhaps I should have stuck with my high school plan to become an etymologist and linguist.…

By Mirm October 18, 2023 1

Now I’m 64

Sometimes I am really weird… yeah okay I am always weird but sometimes it is more visible …. I completely embarrassed my kids by cranking up the volume on spotify and singing my own version in the middle of a crowded Rutabegorz! https://www.instagram.com/reel/CxHyLQsuYqji3OIaltR8tGMI0WF9bj-1ygiX_o0/ Now I’m 64 (a parody of the Beatles When I’m Sixty-Four) Now…

By Mirm September 12, 2023 1

Labels

I have lots of these and my favorites are based on my identity in relationships – daughter. sister. aunt. mom. friend. wife. When I am introduced to someone often the labels I am asked for are not the ones based on relationship (perhaps it is too intimate), but rather the identifiers are based on what…

By Mirm September 10, 2023 0

Coffee vs tea

In a class on healthy emotional relationships that I am taking we have been asked to spend time in silence, slowing down our mind and learning to listen. It is hard. It doesn’t feel safe. It is a discipline I need but I am pushing back on relearning it. I am used to fast and…

By Mirm September 9, 2023 0

Fear is a liar

I hate the song with that title on the christian radio but there is truth in the statement. I recently realized the prison of fear that several of my friends are living in. They are so afraid. They see enemies and adversaries everywhere. They worry. They are so negative and defensive as if everyone is…

By Mirm August 4, 2023 0