@Patty Lee right there with you and Jessica. I have been missing so much Fireside for this exact same (very long range) reason. Spread thin doesn’t begin to describe the pure exhaustion. I had hoped it would be good physical exercise, but I have an autoimmune that decided to flare its ugly head and simply walking upright became a challenge. Soooooo much cooking, laundry! My nerves are shot. Thankfully, I now have a two week rest before the next “visit”. And Yes Jessica, I must admit to now realizing I did the exact same thing to my parents. Family! Wishing the very best for both of you.

Jessica , prayers for your quick, perfect healing,

@Jessica Borum “Gratitude is a window that lets our soul see the world from a loving place.” My goodness, that quote needs to be hanging on my fridge. Thank you. Couple hours later; while doing my am meditations I decided this wonderful quote needed to be placed on the front of my gratitude journal. I will now see it every morning and be grateful. Thank you Jessica for sharing this.

This one took some pondering. Yes, I do go over the river and thru to woods just to say “Hi”. Many times I completely lose my original thought and will come back to it later. Why? I may be way off base here, but I finally decided to blame it on the “kids”. Not just our kids, but all kids. There favorite question is ….WHY? Perhaps it’s not just kids, but much of humankind. I worked with youth & adult groups. I learned to be prepared for the WHY. I knew it was coming, so just be prepared for it. I still remember one question I was asked and to this day still don’t know how to answer a 4 yr old…. Where does the light go when you flip the switch? Ok, the power is off, but WHERE did the light go? ??? Learning & curiosity. I stopped teaching over 30 yrs ago, went into a completely different line of work, but still got hit with the “why”. Yes, I still wander the wilderness with my comments. Many times my poor husband nods off, and I realize I’ve actually bored him to sleep. I’ve attempted to “shorten” my lectures, without much luck. Old habits dry hard. This morning I was attempting to tell my husband something new I had just learned in the book of Joshua, and landed back in Abraham’s tent 7-8 centuries earlier, just trying to “set the stage”. Without details, we easily get lost and wonder “why?” On the flip side, My husband will tell me something very cut and dried, and I need to ask 50 questions, just to catch up to him. I guess some of us just need “the rest of the story” as Paul Harvey used to say.

@Kimberly Guerrie this needs to be on a billboard.

@Susan Fewell very sound wisdom. Hope you had a beautiful peaceful day.