It started like this

garbage and such

Walked by the river for just a quick bit today. Hope more tomorrow. This is trash from a flood that happened in 2022. Homes were rushed into the river and many suffered deep loss.

Fitting as today is the day to honor the loss of Tony.

12 years

August 23, 2014

We miss ya. But glad you are healed.

Memoir - Katie Rizzo

Katie Rizzo

I found her on Net Galley a place I can read new books and some before prerelease.

As soon as I saw the title and the subject, I gravitated to it and wanted to read it.

The Trimesters of Grief or Are You Gonna Listen to What Is Going on in Here?

As I read this book, I felt as if I were sitting near Katie. Her words, thoughts, and poems tugged at me from the pages and I am more aware of things I already knew to be true. She does not shy around the truth and shares her journey of the loss of her son. It is beautiful. Overdose and addiction are not.

She reminded me journal, have empathy, find glimmers of hope and joy, and that coming together in community as we face very difficult life experiences is the way we walk through them together.

Grief stays with us but looks different over time. She is now an advocate for an experience she would never wish on her enemies. She consolidates tips and tidbits from so many resources that I trust and leans in. She etches out poetry while immersed in deep grief.

Katie - you have my attention - will be reading more.

You can pre-order on Amazon link

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We have many crisis in this world where evil creeps into beautiful places. We must continue to fight.

Labels: family, grief, love

note

assuming goodwill from others and then giving myself the same.

sun Cued

If you usually don't do sun salutations, this is how Sun Salutation A is usually cued:

Stand at the top of the mat. Root down through the feet. Grow tall through the crown of the head. Take a big inhale and stretch the arms up over head. On the exhale, swan dive down towards your toes. Inhale, flat back extension -- the hands come to the shins or fingertips to the floor and the spine is long. Exhale, forward fold, the chest pulls towards the thighs. Bring the hands to the mat and step back for plank pose. (Drop down on the knees here if necessary). Take an inhale to get set up. On the exhale, lower down halfway -- cataranga dandasana. Inhale, upward facing down. Exhale back, downward facing dog. Inhale, stretch back. Exhale, walk or jump to the top of the mat. Inhale, flat back extension, decompress the spine. Exhale, forward fold. Inhale, rise and float both arms up over head. The palms land in front of the chest, in front of the heart.

Sun Salutation B would be very similar, adding warrior I:

Stand at the top of the mat. Root down through the feet. Grow tall through the crown of the head. Take a big inhale and stretch the arms up over head. On the exhale, swan dive down towards your toes. Inhale, flat back extension -- the hands come to the shins or fingertips to the floor and the spine is long. Exhale, forward fold, the chest pulls towards the thighs. Bring the hands to the mat and step back for plank pose. (Drop down on the knees here if necessary). Take an inhale to get set up. On the exhale, lower down halfway -- cataranga dandasana. Inhale, upward facing down. Exhale back, downward facing dog. Inhale, lift the right leg, three legged dog. Exhale, step the right leg between the hands. The back left foot spins flat. Inhale, rise up, warrior I. Exhale, plant the palms, step back for plank. Take an inhale to get organized. Exhale lower down cataranga. Inhale, upward facing dog, exhale back, downward facing dog. Inhale, lift the left leg, three legged dog. Exhale, step the left foot between the hands. The back right foot spins flat. Inhale, rise up, warrior I. Exhale, step back for plank. Take an inhlae to get set, exhale lower down half way. Inhale through to up dog. Exhale back, downward facing dog. Inhale, press back. Exhale, walk or jump to the top of the mat. Inhale, flat back extension, decompress the spine. Exhale, forward fold. Inhale, rise and float both arms up over head. The palms land in front of the chest, in front of the heart.

-Vanda Scaravelli

“Do not fight your body. Do not carry the world on your shoulders like Atlas. Drop that heavy load of unnecessary baggage and you will feel better.

"Do not kill the instinct of the body for the glory of the pose. Do not look at your body like a stranger, but adopt a friendly approach towards it. Watch it, listen to it, observe its needs, its requests, and even have fun. Play with it as children do, sometimes it becomes very swift and alert.
"To be sensitive is to be alive.”
-Vanda Scaravelli

Audio books

No Fault by Haley Mlotek - I started this on our trip and I just could not finish. Author link

Go Gentle by Maria Semple - 100% enjoying it but did not finish it through Libby and now I am back in 75th place on the app. It will come around. I like it.

Oprah's Book

Maria Semple