Most Welcomed Visitors

Our very most welcome visitors - Pine Siskin. They spent much of the what sounded like an attack of the house. In reality they feast on flies and other bugs which thankfully have not made their way indoors.

This insect makes an appearance every fall. Possibly more than a main course for the Pine Siskin but anyhow they are on the house menu: insect du jour. 

 

PEOPLE NEVER CHANGE

 Yesterday someone I love very much told me people never change. If only she recognized the good parts of a person is always there. If only she could embrace that also. I try to always celebrate that.

HAPPY 102 BIRTHDAY

 

Before You Judge Your Mother

Before you measure her mistakes, 

pause… 

and look at the road she walked.

Your mother is not perfect.

She learned life while carrying you.

She made choices while tired, afraid,

and trying her best with the love

she knew how to give.

Some of her words may have hurt you.

Some of her actions may

have left quiet scars.

But remember before you knew

the world, she risked everything

so you could take your first breath.

She fought battles you never saw,

held fears she never shared, and 

stayed strong so you wouldn't have to.

So love her while time is still kind.

Hold her while you still can.

Because understanding often

comes late, and regret always

arrives too quietly.

Today's Question

The hardest pill I had to swallow this year was realizing I meant so little to people who meant so much to me. And that kind of truth hits different. It humbles you, it hurts you, and it teaches you all at once. It’s a wake-up call that not everyone loves with the same heart you do.

Some people only value you when it’s convenient for them, and the moment you stop pouring into them, you see their real intentions. But the blessing in that lesson is clarity. You stop forcing connections, you stop over giving, and you start choosing people who choose you back.

Could it be losing them wasn’t a loss. Was it making room for better. 

 

Another Shooting and BIG Lies

 

When Truth Hurts

 

If someone truly cares about you, it would

break their heart to know they’ve hurt you.

People make mistakes, but when you tell

them they’ve caused you pain, they

respond by gaslighting, deflecting, lying,

or manipulating – that’s not love; it’s ego.

In these moments, they’re more focused

on avoiding criticism and judgment and

protecting the image they have of

themselves than on your feelings. Your

words threaten the illusions they hold, so

they get defensive, interpreting your

honesty as an insult.

They don’t care about how you feel –

they’re upset because you called them out.