I guess if you read this post sometime in the future, it might be helpful to check what was happening in the news over the past few days. I choose love, and I believe in my beautiful world, even when it is shattered by horrific events beyond both my control and my imagination. This amazing …
Not Knowing………
Inspirations and images of not knowing have been flooding my brain...........it is so refreshing and yet so exasperating at the same time.... Maybe it is partly the nurse thing.........maybe it is mostly a Bradford thing..........but whatever the source, being comfortable with not knowing the answer to a burning question in my mind, heart or soul …
Sister Bench – Lovely and Lonely
Visited yesterday, Mother's Day. It was lovely, and it was lonely. Change one letter and it means something quite different. However, it also is kinda cool that lovely and lonely can be experienced at the same time. I like stuff like that. 🙂 How did the sister bench come to be? Honestly, I sent out …
Coffee makers and Mothers
My coffee makers only seem to last a few years. I know some folks have had one their whole adult life, and I honestly can't understand it. There must be some tortoise coffee makers out there, but I have never owned one. My coffee makers are like hamsters. They are super wonderful, run very efficiently …
Mincemeat
Thanksgiving growing up occasionally involved waiting until dark to eat the feast, because the hunters were out all day.........this even persisted somewhat, albeit sporadically, into my young adult life. You know the young adult, twenty something stage, when we showed up somewhere to eat dinner with no idea how they did it. It wasn't until …
Praying is a verb….
Praying is one of the most active things I do. I have just now come to realize this. Over the past few months, I have numerous times found myself throwing my hands up in the air and exclaiming, “All I can do is pray.” Early on, I would say that with anger and resentment. Lately, …
Good Where We’ve Been…..
Good where we're going to........... Just got back from beautiful Colorado, visiting sweet family and learning so much in a couple days about myself in a powerful training called HealthRhythms. HealthRhythms Trainer (and everyone's mentor) Christine Stevens writes a brief descriptor of this song. "This is a traditional Plains Indian Song that is a coming …
Birthday Bash
Three of my siblings were born in September. Mum was born in September too. For a number of years we celebrated all of our birthdays at one time in September. Started calling these times together "The Bradford Birthday Bash". We had some fabulous get togethers, with lots of great memories created. There were even a …
80 years ago today….
Well, yesterday to be exact...........Mum and Dad were married. August 13, 1938. Growing up, I always knew when their anniversary was. I haven't remembered their special day for a while now. Yesterday, I just kept thinking about them and finally I realized why. Nice. Mum was born in 1919, and next month she would be …
Spit Shine
Being born and raised in Maine, I know all about how to clean the front of a car during bug season. Mum often referred to cleaning something as "giving it a spit shine". I honestly never gave that term much thought. (Kinda like "keep your eyes peeled".....best not to think too deep sometimes.) I bet …
Good Morning Mum 