When your bowl of ice cream becomes a milkshake…

Our life is full of peaks, valleys, tunnels and forks in the road. All of these represent our life's journey; filled with ups, downs, light and darkness. In the down times and times of darkness it is natural to look for a way out. The key to this in my opinion is to trust that …

Staring into space..

Often it's something I catch myself doing.. Sitting.. Staring.. Wondering.  I have always been a 'planet's in life so to speak.  I dislike drastic changes and usually like to know what is in store for my future best I can. To think ahead.  Sure, life doesn't always work that way of go as planned to …

Coping mechanisms

Draft.. Started February 22, 2019 This blog will take a few days to finish.. when I am done I will delete the word 'draft' If I have learned one thing over the past 7-8 years, if not more, it had been coping mechanisms. And I have learned that all of them have tied together in …

(Part 2) And then comes the Thoughts and the black and white escape

So, here it comes... duh duh duh ... *** Drumroll Please *** The burning question in all of your minds, what WAS DANA TALKING ABOUT IN PART ONE? So.. here it is... Which came first.. the chicken or the egg? I think it was the Chicken Coop! Baby Shark.. doo do doo do do.. Baby …

Don’t..

Don't give so much love to others that you lose focus on loving yourself. Don't let picking one bad apple make you walk away from the entire tree. Don't wait for magic to happen, make magic happen. Don't forget that the worst distance between two people is miscommunication. Don't back down from your voice being …

It never gets easy..

This isn't my first, it's not even my second.. but it is my most important rodeo, hopefully my last rodeo and probably not my last of heartaches.. but worth it this time. I have been in a couple relationships with kids involved. None that have led to me being a step mother but one where …

It all starts with a thought, paper and a pen..

... every time something comes to mind, you pick up the paper and pen, or in most cases, a keyboard and a screen and off you go. Writing! Putting the words into black and white. Not always sure they will make sense but at least they are escaping. They are making some sort of story, …

A swift kick in the peanut’s

Thank goodness I don't have them 😂😂😂 For just about all my life I have struggled with feeling like I am not enough, like my appearance is not enough. Like I am not pretty enough, thin enough and so on. I have been told I needed to get a boob job repeatedly in the past, …

A weekend of smiles..

My heart was filled with little joys and happy smiles this past weekend. My beautiful niece turned 3 yesterday. So, Saturday we spend a couple hours at her Birthday party. Seeing not only her smiles, But her and Naomi playing and having a good time warmed my heart more than ever. ❤️ And she Loves …

Sometimes love just Ain’t enough..

Or that's what Patty Smyth says. But, she also says 'there's a danger in loving somebody to much, and it's bad when you know it's your heart you can't trust.' So, I am bored in training and looking for a subject to babble on. As I go through my followed blogs, 'love and relationships' are …

Little (yet meaningful) joys

Life gets busy. Life gets tough. Some days you may think 'Why me?', 'Why This', 'Why Today'. When this happens take a moment, don't sit in self- pity. Step back, Stop and think to yourself about the little ( yet meaningful) joys that are hidden in everyday life. You wake up in in a panics …

Another year passed

Each year I try to make it a day with out tears, because... well that's not what dad would want. As I wrote yesterday's blog, I teared up and choked them back. As I took my very early break this morning at 8:05 and had time alone 'THE PHONE call' played in my head.. Fairly …

GRG –

Three of the most important letters in my life. Gerald Roger Gidner. My hero, My best friend and above all, My DAD! I write this as I do every year. This year a day early in case I don't have time tomorrow with training and such. It's hard to believe it has been 9 years …

As a new life becomes a bigger life of one..

Another day of making a house... a home. Today my good friend Arthur came over from Arlington and helped move the rest of the stuff we couldn't get last weekend when Tim and Elizabeth were here. It's again great to have helpful friends. Coming from a woman whose used to last time she moved her …

Appreciation..

On January 28th I started my new job finally. What came with that was my ever loving boyfriend cooking me dinner, but in the process managed to get a grease burn. It's the appreciation that he cooked for me, yet the hurt of him being in pain. On Saturday a couple friends of ours helped …