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Battle Scars

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This weekend was my 35th high school reunion. I'm going to completely skip over the whole 35th part (because HOLY CRAP, that's why) and tell you about a few things I realized this weekend. 1. No matter how much it hurts to stand up, bend over, climb stairs, etc, we will all always be 18-years-old at heart. 2. There is nothing like laughing with people who have known you for 40 years. Truly. 3. Our memories suck. And our memories are amazing. Sometimes both within minutes. 4. Not a one of us got out of high school unscathed. We all bear some battle scars (some bigger than others). Last night, while we were talking about people we hadn't seen in a long time, someone mentioned a kid from our class. I remembered this kid; he was small and quiet, smart and generally nice. I don't remember anything else really significant about him and I don't recall noticing that he had a difficult time in school. But the person who mentioned him said she'd seen his mothe

Welcome!

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Welcome to Breathing Underwater ! I had another blog for many years ( Rambling Toward Clarity , which originated as Diane's Addled Ramblings ), which I loved. I loved writing it, I love the people who read it, I loved going back through it and being reminded of where I was at any given point in time. But I wanted something different... so I decided to start from scratch. I've come to accept that Life is never going to be easy; it's always going to be a challenge. Maybe it is for everyone. Maybe that's as it should be. I don't know. But I do know that fighting it and being resentful of challenges and difficulties doesn't make them easier to face. Accepting where you are in Life... embracing where you are in Life... is, I now believe, the key to contentment and, maybe (just maybe), happiness. I want me some of that. So here goes... Underwater. It's where I am most of the time. Learning to breathe. Learning to let go. Learning to be happy. Join me,