Laura, Part 2

  • The Time Has Come

    It is finally here. The moment I have been waiting for. Jim is leaving for Boston today. He is going to stay with his parents for a few weeks and hopefully find a job up there. Once he does, I’ll… Continue reading

  • Goals

    I have never been much of a goal-oriented person. Instead, I tend to let things unfold. I realize that my happiness and self-worth are not tied to achievement. However, I still want to achieve. I want to do good work, even… Continue reading

  • Reading

    In this modern world of constant information feeds, I have found solace recently in reading paper books. I have piles of books in my apartment and read parts of each of them when I can. This is a slow process.… Continue reading

  • New England

    It looks like we are probably moving to New England this summer. Jim is from the Boston area, and his family is there. He is going to look for jobs in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Upstate New York, New Hampshire, Southern Maine.… Continue reading

  • Thinking Big

    I’ve decided that I need to think bigger. Fear has often kept me back from expressing myself as I want to, trying things that are hard, being my true self. I guess I’m afraid of being misunderstood or making mistakes.… Continue reading

  • Vacation

    I need a vacation. I need to go somewhere cool and fun. To walk along a beach or on a street teeming with interesting people, places, and things. To feel uplifted and fancy-free. To read an entire chapter of a… Continue reading

  • Sacré-Coeur

    The new image on this blog’s home page is a picture of Sacré-Coeur in Paris. I went there in 2011, the same year that my husband died and I moved to West Virginia. My friends and I walked around Montmartre… Continue reading

  • “It’s All Happening.”

    I borrowed the title of this post from the Cameron Crowe movie, Almost Famous. This is how I feel right now. The ball has finally started rolling. Things are moving into place. I’m really excited about the future. Part of… Continue reading

  • Uncertainty

    Life is full of uncertainty right now. I guess it always is if you think about it. Jim doesn’t know where he is going to find a job. I don’t know what, if any, new job opportunities are going to… Continue reading

  • Moving (Again)

    My boyfriend, Jim, and I are moving some time in 2017. He is finishing up his PhD dissertation and is looking for jobs in the Northeast. We want to be within a 300-mile radius of Boston because his elderly parents… Continue reading