Sunday Musings
Took this on Christmas Day while hiking in the woods near our house. I love the still reflections of the trees.
Skipped church this morning. Just wanted to laze around in bed with the newspaper and coffee. Now I’m up and loading some music into my new MP3 player to take with me on a long walk. It’s unusually warm outside and the snow is melting fast.
Finally got rid of the extra candy that was left over from the holidays. Took it into the Community Darkroom where I worked yesterday afternoon. (Of course I must admit I did eat more than a few chocolate covered cherries while I sat at the desk. Just finished the book “Steve and Me” By Terry Irwin about Steve, her husband (The Crocidile Hunter). I read it in 2 days…a good fast book that details how they met (she from Oregon) and he from Queensland and his passion for wildlife. He was an exceptional man. I cried at the end. What a loss.
Am now reading a book on depression by a woman who struggled with it all of her life. I see so many similarities in myself - the way I was in college and during my 2 major depressive episodes in my thirties and forties. I am now convinced that my mother had it too and used alcohol to self-medicate. All those years I was so jealous of her beauty and charm and yet underneath she was so very sad anxious and angry. I wish I had the understanding then that I have now.
So now am off to do my long walk. DH went back to sleep and DD2 is back home now too, still sleeping in.
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Lovely picture!!!! With Animal Planet being one of the very few “safe” channels I allowed my daughter to watch, we were very familiar with Steve and Terry and their adventures. Loved that man!!!! We cried our eyes out when he was killed. I get misty every time I hear his very distinctive voice or see him in a rerun.
I enjoyed your photograph, it is really lovely. Hope your walk was fun.
RubyJean
Interesting book choices. I would cry too, at the end of a book about Steve Irwin. I thought he was wonderful. I have struggled with the big-D for much of my life, my mom, her mom, my sister. I always pray that my daughters will be more resilient. A lot of my (our) health and weight issues are related to this, and I’m so hoping to break that cycle.
Enjoy your reading, walking and music and relaxing
Depression and alcoholism often go hand-in-hand. How nice that the book could help you gain some insight.
Loved your photo. I agree with julieesg comment about depression and alcoholism, my mother suffered for years from both, wish I could have seen it then, but all I saw was the booze.
Beautiful picture!!! I love it!
Absolutely wonderful photography, Lyn! And it’s just one in a long series of great pictures that you’ve posted. Perhaps there’s a second career in the offing once you retire, m’dear! It’s pretty amazing how many of us have struggled with depression and somehow muddled through - often without even recognizing it. I have a double master’s degree - in community education and psychology. And yet, after one year as an undergrad studying abnormal psych and diagnosing myself with EVERYTHING, I subsequently seem to have held myself apart from the rest of humanity and refused to acknowledge ANYTHING that might be out of whack about myself. Have always tended to remember my mother’s “Just get ahold of yourself!” adage which I guess is pretty rooted in that cold, unemotional Yankee heritage. Now, in my advanced years, I’m beginning to feel that if I’m depressed, there’s a damned good reason for it, and I’m not pretending otherwise anymore. Books can be very helpful, yes.
I would love to know about the book you are reading on depression. I think I would like reading it too.
I agree with Ella that knowing what is depressing us can be a great help rather than just pretending to be normal. Well, we need to be normal too but need to look deeper too.
love,
iniya