I can hear the slap of the back cover of a book as it closes and I pull out a new book, ready to begin a whole new chapter of my life. All the pages are blank as of yet; I have no idea what will fill them. The last chapter ended suddenly – my three-month engagement was abruptly cut short faster than I could understand it myself, and the last pages of that chapter were filled with heartache and…
Tonight. It all comes down to tonight. I’m a basket case; I can’t concentrate, I can’t think, I just putz around doing nothing. What’s he going to say? What should I respond with? Should I plead and beg? Should I be cold and harden my heart so I can’t feel the pain? What I don’t get is that I really prayed about this and I really felt that God was leading us towards a future together… So then why would…
I have so much to do, but I don’t feel like doing it. I am thinking, as always, about Paul. Because either tonight or tomorrow night he’s going to call me and tell me his decision about our future together. I’m hoping for the best but expecting the worst. Or rather, I’m not allowing myself to think of the best because I’m afraid that my heart is going to break all over again. This heartbreak feeling is getting all too…
Your smile lights up a roomLike a candle in the darkIt warms me through and throughAnd I guess that I had dreamedWe would never be apartBut that dream did not come true And missing you is just a part of livingMissing you feels like a way of lifeI’m living out the life that I’ve been givenBut baby I still wish you were mine And I cannot hear the telephoneJangle on the wallAnd not feel a hopeful thrillAnd I cannot help…
This time last week, we were without power and busy trying to clean up the branches and tree trunks in our yard. Wow, hard to believe that Charley visited us only a week ago yesterday. These past two weeks have seemed like 3 years for me. Many Florida residents still remain without power, but I think most are getting it back soon. Electrical workers have been working around the clock (yay for electricians!), and many other states have sent their…