nostr:npub158v68gylzwtl756njcgzl257hr9ckv6qwsqc9ssfmzqjgexta05sme668c Does it touch upon those left behind, though? The guilt, etc?

Does anyone know of a support group/system for spouses or former spouses of addicts that succumbed to their addictions?

Good morning

Three things I want to learn this year:

Finally, how to parallel park.

How to fold a fitted sheet. If that's even possible.

How to play chess.

Just popped up on my YouTube TL. Never heard this before.

In the year 2525 - Zager & Evans (1969) #musicvideo

https://youtu.be/zKQfxi8V5FA

nostr:npub1fpr3egfa5xnfhvppkdnujqdftpsql2qfm0p3lzttefz4xggkastqcvlyph They are monitoring his vitals, but this is nuts. I asked to see the attending physician, so we're outside the room waiting. It just seems wrong to me.

Oh....wow.....we just got booted from Dad's hospital room for the day. The nurse returned, lectured us, and said Dad needs his rest and suggested we return tomorrow. She also suggested Mark and I come separately, as she noticed that when we visit Dad together, we 'rile him up'. I asked if laughter is considered riling him up, and she said yes and threw us out!

I...what?..huh? 🙄

Well, that was funny.

Mark is here. He was telling Dad about teaching me to golf. Granted, I give the guy more than enough comedic ammunition that way, so it was funny. But then I mentioned how I tried to teach Mark how to dance (the guy is wonderful, but he is rhythmically challenged). We had Dad laughing so hard that the nurse told us to 'settle down' so my father can rest. She said we would have to leave if we kept 'riling him up'.

He was laughing, not throwing a tantrum. Jeezaloo.

If you have the chance to tell someone something, do it. Don't wait. Don't let pride get in the way. One day you may find it's too late.

Just a little advice. ❤️

Ever feel like the ties from the first half of your life fall away pretty quickly while you're forging new ties for the second half?

I always thought life was more linear and the things/people in your life would remain the things/people in your life from beginning to end. Personally, that's not the case. Everything has changed, some for the great (my job) the rest is transitioning to something I don't quite see yet. Regardless, the second half of my life is radically different from the first.

Sitting on my back deck earlier with my Merlin Bird ID app. I identified three new birds! One was a shock!

The new birds were: a brown-headed cowbird, an Indigo Bunting, and....a Great Blue Heron!!! That last one was a shock! I live in SE PA, I had no idea they were here. It popped up on the audio ID, and I looked around. I finally saw it in my neighbor's yard. I tried to get a picture, but it disappeared around the corner. This is what it looks like (picture from Google)

#birds #birdwatching

If you like posts that go from bears to eagles, then make a hard right into meditation tips, then a hard left into political musings, then veers into a little Virgo observational philosophy, then a 180 to music from jazz to hip hop, then another 180 to musings about my weird and chaotic life, and then detours to sports - follow me 😊 If my posts have a theme, it's lost on me.

Mine was the last generation to experience the rapidly closing window of illusion, convinced the US was an untouchable republic. I grew up in the Reagan era but thought myself immune to chest-thumping arrogance. Sadly, even I had blinders on.

Since then, the illusion has given way. Over the last two decades, I allowed for the possibility that the US was never a true republic.

So, if we're not a republic, can we overcome the here and now, emerge from the ashes, and finally become one for real?

When things go crazy, as they often will, my goal is to be the anchored boat in a storm. The waves may buffet me about, but the anchor keeps me from being carried away. Does the anchor sometimes give way? Sure. I'm human. But when I feel like things around me are a bit out of control, I close my eyes and picture myself as that anchored boat - steady as I can be and as clear-thinking as I can manage. I feel the waves but don't let them carry me away.

At least, that's the goal.

Today, I have my first session with a family who hired me to guide the whole family through meditation. That truly is a first for me. Husband, wife, and twin 8-year-old daughters.

'If you go after me, I'm coming after you" - words that would be considered a threat in normal life, without question. But apparently, when it comes to a former President who tweeted those words right after being indicted, there's room for interpretation? Do I have that right? 😡

I tend to have many dreams when I have a lot on my mind. I usually remember most of my dreams in vivid detail. Last night I had a dream I moved into a tiny house, and the last one before I woke up - I was stalked by a tiger.

I get the tiny house dream in a way. I'm moving to downsize, which makes the dream kind of funny. But stalked by a tiger? 🤔

#Katmai bears #Otis

Otis has returned! He looks a little thinner. Not sure where he was, if it was a walkabout or something else. Let's hope he catches some salmon and gets that weight up again.

Am I the only weirdo who can listen to the same song a few times in a row if I love it or haven't heard it in a long time?

Before I left for the hospital this morning, I had coffee on my back deck and turned on my Merlin Bird ID app. There were no birds. Zero. Zilch. I couldn't figure out what was going on until I looked up in the tree above me and saw the red-tailed hawk! This is the same hawk I rescued when he flew into high-tension wires behind my townhouse and fell into the street below. He was stunned, and I picked him up and got him out of the road. He visits often. Anyway, that explained the lack of birds!