All Knotted Up

Ever felt like your hands were tied?
Like there was nothing you could do in a situation?
What do you do when that happens?

I started this blog on 8/21, and never posted it. But the same still holds true this week: I feel all knotted up. Might be time to look at finding a place to get a massage. Here's where more of it continued:

I was looking through old blogs and came across one I'd written in 2008 about the power of human touch; how a man at work with an innocent touch reminded me back then that I wasn't truly alone, and that things would be ok. (He had come up behind me and started a good shoulder massage, and I felt like he could do that for the rest of the day! hehehe) Although Ted has moved on to another work place in Ohio, I now look forward to a morning hug from Marco, a gentle soul of a man willing to share a hug every day.

My reasoning for thinking about all of this stems from yep, living alone, this is year number seven now. Is that a magical number for some of you? It usually isn't for me, but I'm hopeful! I've never felt more knotted up before, and a part of that is ... well, of my own doing. And now that I've done did what I done, when something comes up, there's no one to talk about it with. It's a unique situation and needs a unique solution, one I don't see coming. And, well, then there's the part about being a girl. Sometimes what we need is just a place to share, not necessarily a place where a problem is presented, and solution found. That seems to be more of a guy way of solving things. And being a unique situation, I'm finding that there's not a lot of people who understand it in the first place, which makes them a difficult sounding board.

Since its a threefold kind of problem, it doesn't have a solution, or a resolution, for right now. So in the meantime, I'm left all knotted up. I was told ... "I think sometimes you get it all wrapped up so tight in you, you have a hard time uncoiling." Hmm, I seem to think that's true, with some topics, some issues. Sometimes finding a solution that works for you, can only come from yourself.

Thanks for reading this! HUGS!

Think Pink!

No, not Pink Panther, and not the singer Pink! either --- October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Everywhere you look, there's pink! Many places are going pink to help awareness. At my Big.Box store, there are a lot of products that are available in pink right now. Even the Georgia Aquarium is celebrating NBCAM by lighting up in pink the entire month of October! Yesterday, I was at the dentist, and he wore pink gloves! The last Saturday of the month, by company is one of the sponsors for the local breast cancer walk, and I'll be walking. This year, I'm walking for "my breast friend, Julie", who found out a couple months ago that she has breast cancer. (one step... one day... repeat. Love you, Julie!)

Because of Julie, I knew I needed to set up my appointment for my annual mammogram, and I had that done today. *huge smile* Very important, ladies, to get "the girls" checked!! (yeah, I know, its not the most comfortable thing in the world, but well worth it - early detection is the key!) If you have questions about breast cancer, or want more information, here is the link for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month - they have a lot of links to pages with lots of good information.

Watch for a post at the end of the month; I'll blog, and should have pictures as well, of the local walk.

Think Pink! HUGS to everyone!