If you had to change your name, what would your new name be?
When I got married, I dropped my last name and kept my middle. If I was filling out that new SS card again, I would have kept my last (maiden) name, too. Otherwise, I love the name I was given.
Young makes me think of youth. Honestly, I like where I am now in life. My face is not as young to me as it was looking when I was younger ( youth), but I am more at peace.
There are so many circumstances in life that seem to drag us down. I don’t think it’s pertaining to politics, our country, guns, social security, or anything government related. The problem we have these days is people. We have affiliations working against each other that belong to the same country. In general, people can be ugly in their actions and/or without direction. We as humans need to be better people.
What is my direction? I have faith in Jesus’ sacrifice for me. That’s a personal decision. I want to believe in a superpower. I don’t have a career to boost my ego. Nor do I drive. Basically, I feel like a non productive adult. Except I have faith that life on Earth could get better for me. I have faith that if life on Earth doesn’t get better for me, then life will be better in Heaven. I choose to believe the way I do. I choose to have hope in life on this side of Earth.
Still another direction for me is being a mom. I have so much love for my son. I want to “mom.” I also want to “wife”, “daughter”, “sister”, “aunt”, “cousin”,”friend”, and “family”.
Life is good in spite of the bad that is going on in this world. There are good people in spite of the ones who choose to be bad. We just have to look for the good things. We have to be the good.
I feel that my writing is ELLIPTICAL. Meaning at times, it’s unclear. However, I grow and learn each day. You guys still encourage me daily. I love and appreciate you all.
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I am stiff waking up. My body feels like a pile of dirt. Like a bulldozer comes along to drop off another load of dirt on top of me. Weighing me down.
Lord, let today be smooth. Can’t I cruise on through the day? Can my day be smooth and free of any setbacks? Do I need to feel guilty for everything? Can I learn to balance my time between what I am obligated to do and what I want to do?
This is my dialogue almost every day. Yet still, here I am saying it again. It’s me, Caroline. The days pass like they mean nothing. Like time is meant to be wasted. But it’s not meant to be like that. Is it? My small framed body carries at least 100 lbs of excess weight. I am not trying to be unkind to myself. However, my looks appear that way. This extra weight is a reflection of how I feel. I keep piling more and more on me in spite of things being too much.
I can open my eyes that are stuck together from something that feels like glue. My brain doesn’t feel as mushy as before. Or as heavy. Yes, Heavy. That’s the word I’m looking for. Doom and gloom don’t cover my face or my mind like a veil. At least, not as much as it did fifteen minutes ago. Can I bother you, Lord?
I look at the cat. He is going crazy trying to convince me he should go outside. He doesn’t care that last week I watched his poor self limping from being hit by a car. There goes one of his nine lives, right? So now I want to keep him inside to protect him. I understand he feels trapped inside. Believe me, I feel trapped inside my body, as well. However, I am being protective of my cat from danger. Are you protecting me from danger, Lord?
As I rotate my body to plant my feet on the floor, I slide out of bed. I walk to my chair to plop down. My body… my bean bag, feeling body. It has no shape or form as it’s sqeezed by outside forces.
The Lord says, “Caroline,”What is it dear?” What do you need?
I need hope. Hope, and probably coffee too. Then maybe music. Also, could you convince me that I am enough today?
Thank you,
Caroline
*a letter to God.💌
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