1. In the last waning weeks of my 40s, I am still having regular cycles. This amazes me and befuddles Mr. Pete who still (after almost 30 years) can be counted on to pick up feminine hygiene products as needed. I know this will eventually change but for right now I find it strangely comforting.

2. Izzy and Noah, who have been taking a Nature Journaling course through Bravewriter, are LOVING it. I hope to share some of their work this week on the blog.

3. As I worked through so many issues with my mother and her care this week I mildly surprised myself at how pragmatic I can be at times. When the nurse needs to change a dressing, I can hold mom up enough for her to reach the wound. When I need to talk to the doctor, I walk right up, introduce myself and then ask my question. I have made friends with a handful of the staff and am now on a “waving basis” with a lot of them when I see them in the hallway. So I thought to myself, perhaps I have accepted all of this. Maybe when mama finally does pass away, I’ll have already adjusted and accepted. I was talking to the oncology physician’s assistant on the phone and she mentioned some of the things I sort of knew, i.e. stage III c cancer, eligible for hospice, decisions about chemo and DNR… and I finally felt the little pain in my throat, the sorrow in my heart and the tears in my eyes. And that was strangely comforting as well.

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