Tag: #hope

From lost to found

Posted on April 28, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

It occurred to me this morning about 3 a.m., that we’re all out at sea, cruising to places we think we want to go to, or the opposite, getting stuck miles from shore. We wait. The skies rumble as the waves engorge and we… Continue Reading “From lost to found”

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It’s kinda like this…

Posted on April 25, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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Since last we left, B’s medical troubles have continued to decline, I still dig my new love, Led Zeppelin, and the theme of CHANGE hurricanes like a News at 11 Accuweather forecast. Tail end of March, beginning of April, lucky girl me got to… Continue Reading “It’s kinda like this…”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #centralpark, #faith, #grandchildren, #grandmothers, #grandparents, #hope, #joy, #loveeverymoment, #newyorkcity, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #takethetimetolisten, #whatareyouwaitingfor?

Dazed and becoming less confused

Posted on March 22, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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A long time ago, in the days when people wrote letters and there was no such thing as texting and Instagramming, my girlfriend, Julie, and I would write each other. I addressed the letters to Dearheart and placed the time, date and mood of… Continue Reading “Dazed and becoming less confused”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #exhusband, #hope, #ledzeppelin, #lessons, #love, #loveeverymoment, #retiredteacher, #retirement, #teacher

Bruce is still under medical supervision and other News of the Day

Posted on March 18, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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Thanks Dear Readers for your thoughtful notes of concern about my ex-husband, Bruce. He is in a “rehab facility” doing the best he can to make sure his foot remains his foot. As those of you who’ve either experienced or witnessed the debilitating effects… Continue Reading “Bruce is still under medical supervision and other News of the Day”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #america'shealthcaresystem, #covid, #depression, #diabetes, #doctors, #exhusbands, #gettingold, #hope, #ledzeppelin, #moonoverthehorizon, #morningmoon, #nursinghomes, #retirement, #sellingthefamilyhouse, #stairwaytoheaven, #stayingoptimistic, #themoon, #torrance, #torrancememorialurgentcare, #what'snext?

There is a season

Posted on March 14, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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I went to church on Sunday for the first time in many, many years. Not everything is as I remembered. Services don’t take place inside the 100+-year-old white church steeple sanctuary, rather they are held in the 1960s-built Parish Hall and outside in the… Continue Reading “There is a season”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #change, #christepiscopalchurchrb, #episcopal, #faith, #friendship, #grandparent, #hope, #lent, #loveeverymoment, #prayer, #redondobeach, #retirement

Stay positive

Posted on March 12, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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Feet on the ground. Tears in the clouds. Swimming in Jello. Going nowhere. Waiting. Praying. Listening to hopeful music, music from when Katie was a baby and Bruce and I made slide shows about the wondrous Sunday School program at Christ Episcopal Church. Stay… Continue Reading “Stay positive”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #exhusband, #grandparents, #hope, #loveeverymoment, #retirement, #thenextchapter, #torrancememorialhospital, #worry

It’s been a long time since I …

Posted on February 23, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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…woke up at 4 a.m. and started writing. No deadline. No subject matter in particular. Just the rumblings of life. Maybe it’s the wind. There’s a turbulence, a change, a danger lurking in the moon-lit, cloud-filled sky. Something new. Something old. Are the raccoons… Continue Reading “It’s been a long time since I …”

Category: UncategorizedTags: #bestfriends, #California, #change, #cousins, #grandparent, #grandparenting, #hope, #legacy, #love, #loveeverymoment, #moving, #parenting, #prayer, #redondobeach, #retirement, #sisters

Writing is Prayer

Posted on February 17, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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Some people kneel. Some people chant and sing. Some people bow their heads and cup their hands. To me, writing is prayer. It’s the way I connect. It’s the way I listen. It’s the way I distract my mind with lists and events and… Continue Reading “Writing is Prayer”

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Saturday before the Saturday

Posted on February 12, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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I know I’ve written about this topic before: Leaving. It has always been ridiculously hard for me, starting with my cousin Bevie leaving Spreckles Lane to go back home to San Carlos or Chicago. Leading up to, and following, her departure I would be… Continue Reading “Saturday before the Saturday”

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No One Wants to Read a Blog …

Posted on February 8, 2022 by JANET L BARKER

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About complaining. About why the world is going to hell. About who’s right and who’s wrong. About Trump. About Biden. About COVID. About masks. About insane, selfish people who value their rights over the health and welfare of others. We want to read about… Continue Reading “No One Wants to Read a Blog …”

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