Arnica Anonymous

A random house I fell in love with on a vacation years ago. It hadn't occurred to me just what a drag the decision to move or not was making on me until my co-workers at the crisis pregnancy center commented on it. They had no idea I was considering anything but several of them kindly suggested that I seemed down.

Most of you are probably familiar with the 5 Love Languages, yes? Though I prefer general personality tests I enjoy analyzing friends and family from every angle and recently have been considering the angle of showing and receiving love. In my experience the vast majority of people have Quality Time as one of their top two love languages. I on the other hand, favor Gifts and Words of Affirmation. In fact, Quality Time is close to the bottom of my list. However it has come to my attention that I can shower my friends and family with all of the presents and kind words I can imagine and still not be loving as I should. Sometimes, love requires a lot more sacrifice from me because it involves doing something I don't enjoy. Like hanging out in my sister's 90 degree trailer (she apparently doesn't believe in AC) and listening to her tell the same five stories over and over for an entire three day weekend. Or simply sitting still and talking for several hours with a f

I nearly had a panic attack this morning. This has not been an easy year for me and the thing that calmed me the most is gone. My "little girl" died a few months ago. After having had her fury coat to cuddle and wagging tail to welcome me home for nine years her passing has left a big hole. Last week my boss told me that they can not afford me right now. Since I work at a non-profit a swinging and somewhat sporadic schedule was part of what I signed on for but she was warning of potentially a month of no work. I am pretty careful about spending money and I have savings but I have not quite gotten back to the spot I was before I bought my car in January and the thought potentially four weeks with no paycheck was unnerving.

I just wanted to drop in and quickly make an announcement: From now on I plan on expanding the content of this blog a little. I'm thinking of adding in some life updates, book reviews, pictures, etc. Hopefully it will make the content lighter, less daunting for me to consider writing, and more interesting for you to read! For a first step in that direction you can see that I have added a new page: So Many Books. This is a list of books I would recommend from non-fiction to biographies to secular fiction and more. If you are a fellow bibliophile be sure to check it out!