The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: regrets

  • Daughter Dream

    What did she look like?

  • “Low Expectations Are the Secret to Success”

    In every good joke lies a kernel of truth.

  • The Moment My Life Changed

    After yesterday’s blog entry, Chuck is on my mind quite a bit. Even more so than usual, because I recently celebrated the 7th anniversary of our first kiss, or as I like to describe it, “The Moment My Life Changed”. I actually made the first move. We had been talking for 4 hours on this…

  • Write Your Own Life Story

    It’s not as though young people are beating a path to my door, asking me for advice. In fact, I don’t really know any young people. We move in entirely different circles. But given my rich inner landscape, I have a tendency to carry on conversations in my mind that I’ve never really had. This…

  • Child-Free and No Regrets

    I was talking to a 30 year old woman who does not want to have kids, and she was venting about the societal pressures that are placed upon her. Boy, could I relate. She said she got very sick of hearing… and we said it simultaneously… “You’ll change your mind.” Now that I’m 50, people…

  • Discarded Futures

    It’s ironic that I’m about to move again, because I just moved into this place a month ago. But this job offer is too good to pass up. I’m excited. I’m dreading loading up my stuff again. And I have GOT to get rid of things. I can no longer lug long playing records from…

  • Don’t Hold on to Bitterness

    Don’t Hold on to Bitterness

    I got a friend request on Facebook from someone who made my life miserable in high school.

  • Riding the Planet

    Today is my birthday, and yesterday, my grandnephew Carter was born. Naturally, this has given me ample opportunity to compare our two situations. Having spent almost half a century on this planet, you might think I know a thing or two, and I suppose I do. I can pat my head and rub my stomach…