Happy Hour Chatter

My heart aches for those experiencing any type of darkness in their lives.  So many people are struggling with loss, health, self-esteem, family or work issues.     I listen to all of you, I hear all of you, I embrace all of you.   Your burdens become my burdens and I stand with you as you fight to build a beam of light in your tunnel of darkness.    I want to help, I want to fix, I want to take you by the hand and guide you to happier times.   But I cannot.   I have learned, through fighting through my own trials and tribulations, that no one can fix you ...except you.   When motivation to get up the couch and take a walk escapes you, look at the person who is fighting cancer.   When family issues pull you down, look to the orphan who has no family.   When your finances are slim, look to the homeless person.   When your job has your stomach turning in knots, look to the person who h...

We're 9 days in to 2015.  Hard to believe; time is going too fast.  Life is going too fast. It seemed like yesterday that I was blogging about Firsts.  Yet when I look at the date, I see that it was November.  Life seems to move at a fast pace while standing still.   My days are extremely busy, the hours move at break-pace speed.  I'm working hard, I'm busy, every single day.  So much so that I have a note on my google calendar for Sundays - "Sherry's Day - Don't schedule anything."   I give so much of myself to everyone Monday through Saturday that I think I deserve the right to give Me one day out of the week to disconnect with the world.  To escape.   Which in my world usually means hitting the gym, bike riding (in the summer) for hours, taking out an ICAP dog or spending time with friends. My mother in law is doing a little better I guess.  We've put her on an appetite stimulant and it seems to be wo...