Good Intentions Worst Enemy

Not really an original idea. It’s been said with more eloquence before.  The older I get the more I realize we can make all the plans we want but life really has the final say.  For example, by now I should have been married  twenty years with four kids spaced two years apart.  It was a very good plan but life had a different plan for me that didn’t involve a family.

My Accusers

This meme came to me when I suspected some whispers were about me. It reminds me of this great quote from ‘It Happened One Night’ that Peter says during the bus scene:

“Listen partner, you may not like my nose, but I do. I always wear it out in the open so… if anybody wants to take a sock at it they can.”

A Rose in the Dark

roseWinter had not been pleasant. Even the old-timers said it had been awhile since we’ve seen so much white. The snow storms in Wyoming sometimes cause the roads to close. At one point, all roads out of town were closed. It might have been at night when I wouldn’t have been going anywhere anyway but I could still feel the effect of it. Trapped. Loss of freedom. What if I wanted to go for a midnight drive to a neighboring state? Too bad. I felt stuck. It wasn’t just from the snow storm either.

For some time I have felt lost. Like I am drifting without any real goal to head to. Or like I am constantly in fog. Or a mist of darkness.

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