The Happy Grouch

Twice a year. I'm now averaging a published post twice a year. I still find it odd, considering I used to write all the time . I still don't understand it. But it could possibly have something to do with my last post, almost one year ago... Everything is Fleeting . A lot has changed in the last year. And yet, somehow, life is still the same. The one thing that doesn't change is my tendency to over-share as a form of therapy (much to the dismay of my three ex-husbands). So, let's get on with it. I became a grandmother this year. I won't relay the long version of the story in which I struggled with multiple emotions surrounding it. It was a veritable whirlwind. No, a tornado . I don't think I've ever experienced so many contradictory feelings all at once. I'll just say- all that has passed now, and I feel nothing short of blessed. I've never been a huge fan of that term, "blessed," but I find it appropriate here. My granddaughter is the brigh...