My heart aches for my adult children who lost their father today. We will miss him.
One-Liner Wednesday and Just Jot it January are Linda’s prompts.
Tag Archive: JusJoJan
Life feels like a labyrinth right now. So much pulling on a person. But finding my way through means there are things to do. Lately, I’ve been prioritizing my physical and mental health.
Pianoing, knitting and the other hobbies are for my mental. Stationary bike and treadmill, on meandering around the house are for the physical.
Prayers come in in my doings, in my journaling when I find myself staring into space.
I don’t know where the entrance or exit are. But taking each turn should keep the scenery changing.
Eavesdropping is not the bad word. It is weird. How does it represent overhearing something? Instead it looks like the roof is falling.
But the sneaky spy gets two weird words. Surreptitiously eavesdropping. It’s like the surrealistic roof is falling over and over. What’s that got to do with overhearing from the bathroom stall?
Your prompt for JusJoJan January 26th, 2026 is “eavesdropper.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
Today’s prompt is brought to us by Angela. Thank you, Angela! Please be sure to visit Angela’s blog to read her posts and say hello. And follow her while you’re there if you’re not already.
Your prompt for JusJoJan January 25th, 2026 is “transmission.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
Yay! Finally my word! What was I thinking? And with some very deep things happening in my family right now, I forgot why I chose this word.
The father of my children and husband of 20 years is at his end stage of life. So in his honor I will let you know which direction his thoughts about the word is. Yes, that important part of a car, he knew cars inside and out, back before computers took over.
But now I’m remembering deeper. The transmission of energy.
As parents we have tried to promote love energy to our children. Good times and bad we transmitted what we thought was right. Sometimes, we were human and fallible.
But watching my adult offspring, since their dad started his decline in health has made me proud of the people they have become.
They’ve become love transmitters, too. My heart is breaking for their father and them.
Your prompt for #JusJoJan the 24th and Stream of Consciousness Saturday is: “take another look.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy!
When you are my age everything demands you take another look. Did I really put the keys in the fridge? What was the microwave instruction on this “easy” dinner? I pull them out of the trash many times, not just once.
Taking more than one look at different stages, decisions, resentments in our lives occur. ‘What could I have done differently or better?’
But second guessing colors the situation in today’s colors. And if you can’t remember the recipe and it’s right there on the box, and today’s business finds keys next to the butter, can we possibly second guess what happened decades ago?
We did our best then in the light of that day. That’s all we can do with today. We’re busy people with more worries than ever before. Forgive yourself so you can forgive others.
Your prompt for JusJoJan January 23rd, 2026 is “altruism.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!
As perfect as altruism sounds, and I do think it is a goal we should strive for caring for others above ourselves, I believe self care is equally important. Even though it seems best to help others into their oxygen masks, we are taught to put our own on first.
Our children and families do better when we take the time to keep ourselves healthy, physically and mentally.
But maybe the trick is to love others enough to start with healthy self-love.
Impatience is the reason I owe at least 6 book reviews. Maybe that’s the best review. I’m loving and still enjoying the Grave series by Darynda Jones narrated by Lorelei King.
The minute I finish one book I go find another on Libby. I just started The Trouble With Twelfth Grave.
And when one of the next books wasn’t available I found A Bad Day for Sunshine by the same author and narrator. It’s first in another series.
I’m not impatient to finish Ms. Jones books. They are so much fun. I’d love them even without any plot. Her collection of T-shirts quotes, and memes. I would love to have most T-shirts quoted for my own wardrobe.
This is a part of Linda’s One-Liner Wednesday and Just Jot it January
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Maybe if I put away all the Christmas songs, winter will give us, in Christmas Valley, snow.
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We had a snow a couple of weeks ago. It’s been cold enough that the snow on the north side of our house (teens) is still there. I’m tired of useless cold.
By the way, I’m still working on some of the harder songs and putting notes on the disabled as to when to pull them out (Halloween or later)
One book may stay out. It is a violin/piano duet book. So I’m getting out the violin again. Don’t know how to fit the time and frustration within my every day.
Wish me luck!
The unspoken words can be emotional screams. Those words scramble with so much pain.
Then there are polite clamped lips of kindnesses. Yes, those pants make your butt bigger.
Then unspoken secrets of gifts, Christmases birthdays, eyes shouting what they know.
But last words, enduring words, are the hardest, heaviest left unspoken.
“Our prompt today is courtesy of running enthusiast Warren. Thank you, Warren! Please be sure to visit Warren’s blog to read his posts and say hello. And follow him while you’re there if you’re not already.”
Warren talks about one day at a time as he tries to get healthier.
He’s right. I have found the same truth. Not just for physical fitness. It has worked for me with piano, writing, Duolingo, and more. Consistency creates improvement.
That doesn’t mean that you can’t take a day or so off. But after the weekend, after COVID,get back to it. Maybe you need to take it slower or more gentle, but every bit you do counts.
Often being consistent with rests adds to proficiency. I have found my work continues in my sleep, dreams, in allowing muscle memory to renew without me.
This whole topic is so fascinating to me. It is the reason I keep trying to look at other bits of my life I’d like to improve, or things I want to learn. I think one can cram a lot of better when aim is consistent.
Darswords 
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