Embrace Your Destiny: Frustration Happens

We made it to "take off"

Memoir group always gives me a challenge. Recently,  the challenge was to write on Frustration. I said, "Oh good! I can do that in spades." Sure enough, this one was easy. My group said my frustrations and my various strategies for dealing with them spoke volumes about me. Here is my essay:

“Five minutes till take off. Are you ready yet?” I hear this a lot and sometimes, I’m glad to get the time check. Other times it just adds stress, frustration and clumsiness. My biggest frustration for a long time has been my slowness. It seems like my brain kicks in a beat behind  everyone else. Here's what  I’ve learned about me and dealing with my slowness. 

 

 

Embrace Your Destiny: Enjoy the Moment

New Year's Eve in Alcapulco 2019

The year 2020 started on a high note. We had just finished a cruise through the Panama Canal over Christmas and New Year. Not much later in January, I got to go with Penni on an annual trip to one of her meetings. There were so many wonderful moments! Then, the Covid 19 Pandemic struck and everything changed. We had no clue the extent of the changes we would see.