It's the Week-End!

Here's what I plan on doing all week-end............NOTHING!

I had a major melt down at work on Wednesday and my usual "I can do it all" attitude went completely out the window. There were too many people wanting too many things and I just lost it! I hung up the phone from yet another frustrating phone call and the tears started pouring so I picked up my purse and headed out the door literally sobbing. Not very professional but at that moment it was best to walk away and concede to the fact I'm not superwoman. Never have been.....never will be. Thank goodness for a great job and understanding co-workers!! SO....I think this is just going to be a mental health week-end. Some nice warm soup, hor' deurves, and watch Missouri shuck some corn Saturday!! GO TIGERS!!

Always Nice to Be Appreciated

Just have to share my beautiful fall flower arrangement I received this week from the office girls, Alice & Amy. We've been so busy I had no clue that Friday was "Bosses Day" but apparently it was. These girls are the best! They are always right there to help with our sometimes overwhelming work load and I appreciate them so much.


Some of the flowers look pink in the picture but this whole arrangement was almost a bronze color including bronze roses unlike any I've ever seen.....GORGEOUS!

Thanks Girls!! You're the Best!

Always take time to stop and smell the roses

To Everything There is a Season........

"To everything there is a season and a time to every purpose under heaven". That scripture has always brought me solice when things don't go as planned or when I simply can't understand the "why" in life.
The promise of a purpose gives me hope but the season I'm in right now has to be by far the hardest.

Parents are getting older, in-laws getting older, no children in the house, and so many changes. I need to find a purpose again. This new season has caused me to slow down and take more time to be with those I love but it has also caused me to reflect on what my new purpose should be. I've decided to get more involved  bringing attention to Alopecia and being a support for those who are just now entering their journey with the disease.

There's always a new season in life so don't be afraid to embrace it even it's one of the hardest you've encountered. Find your purpose!

Words you never thought you'd hear

Our beautiful daughter is visiting us today because her husband's family has a gathering every year at this time in the area. She is used to seeing me around the house without wearing my wigs (quite frankly it's just too hot and confining) so I thought nothing of her being here today looking at my bald head. I'm sure it bothers her but she's very supportive and never makes a big deal of it at all.

Later in the day we were in town shopping and she looked at me and said,"oh, you have your eyebrow on". That's words you never thought you'd hear! Immediately I began to ask does it look that obvious? Does it look fake? She explained that she only noticed it because earlier in the day not only did I have a bald head but I also had a missing eyebrow.

I'm certainly not wishing to lose the other one but sometimes I think it would only make sense to not have any. At lease when you put fake ones on (yes...they make them...surprised me too) they match or if you want to draw them on they would be the same color. I've never been a fan of drawn on eyebrows but I'm less a fan of none at all.

I wish I could be more like some of the wonderful people I've met on Alopecia World who are not afraid to live life to the fullest bald head and all but I just can't do it.......at least not yet. So for now it's fake hair, fake eyebrows, and I might as well add the fake nails. It's a different world with no hair and as much as I would give almost anything to have my real hair back, I must admit there are times when it's pretty nice not to have to color, curl, or cut. Doesn't mean I don't have a "pity party" from time to time but then what good does that do?

                                           Never take anything in life for granted

                                               

 

Finally FUN TIMES!

If you have not been to Branson, MO you must plan a trip. We had so much fun!! Many summers of my childhood were spent camping around the Branson area. Not that I'm old or anything but I actually remember when Silver Dollar City was FREE and only a crowd of (maybe) 100 people per day visited. We were smart enough to stay away from there this year but we weren't smart enough to stay away from Branson Landing on a Friday night! Not just any Friday night.....the Friday night before the Iron Man was to begin. There must have been 10000 people on Branson Landing for a concert of some VERY LOUD band that was playing less than desirable music.

The rest of our trip made up for Friday night however. The best part of our mini "staycation" besides seeing our daughter and her husband was seeing my 75 year old parents on a zipline!! Yes, I said zipline! They had so much fun. They are only a speck at the bottom of the picture because they were going so fast but here's a picture to prove it (even though the date on our camera still says 2002). Maybe we'll change that some year!

All I can say is sometimes you just have to get away and do something you've never done before and enjoy life while you can. You never know when those moments will not be there for the taking.