Category: N Case U Want to Know

A Little Bit About Me

I like the little things in life. Jazzie’s bright eyes when I come home are one of those little things. I don’t see myself as a rabble-rouser but I will challenge status quo. What’s wrong with trying something new?

In the past five years, I experienced many simple and many complicated life events. I will mention a few of the little things. My hope is that my readers and followers will get to know me a little better. Briefly, I want to share parts of my life that drove me to depression or to elation.

Beginning two years ago, my mother died of longstanding health issues. She needed 24 hours of care which I was incapable of providing. The drama around her needs alienated me from her. I am not sure she ever forgave me.

Also, in the last two or three years, I opted to have my right hip replaced. Hip replacements are total life changers in my opinion. And, not quite one year ago, my life changed again when I received a total knee resurfacing.

The little things changing in my life is my physical abilities. To walk, to ride a bicycle, to snowshoe or snow ski are examples of huge “little things.”

Yardwork and house repairs are little things that I do without pain. I look forward to mundane activities that others may grimace. Mowing grass is a little thing, taken for granted; such a pleasure without pain.

The invisible emotional effects of pain cause little things to happen. Such as, losing interest in the little things; snow becomes depressing, fun becomes pain, love becomes hard; the little things become mountainous piles of refuse.

So, there it is, life experiences that influence my life. By no means is this all there is. As time passes, I will share more of what I see as I explore life’s little things.