by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Sep 28, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
About 7 years ago I built a 400 square foot “granny flat” in my daughter’s backyard. She had just had twins and I wanted to be part of this next generation in spirit and presence, if not in agility and current slang. It tested me in ways I never anticipated. It had...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Aug 18, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
The Internet says anger usually comes from fear, pain, or frustration/injustice. Let’s look for some detail to flesh this out. I think the cool guys would say, “Let’s unpack that.” I was angry recently. It was a combination of all three: The pain came from the love I...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Jul 11, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
A good night’s sleep is a marvelous thing. I find myself cranky for no apparent reason when my sleep isn’t good. It never fails to amuse me how my vocabulary and word and name recall deteriorate drastically after a night of poor sleep. This is just one person’s...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | Jun 14, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
Mine was a family of four girls, each born 2 years apart, give or take a few months here and there. I was the oldest. By the time my youngest sister was born, both parents were raging, non-functional alcoholics. That youngest sister grew up to tell me she considered...
by Cathy Tompkins, MA | May 15, 2023 | Thoughts for Families
“Many there be that have run out of their wits for women.” King James Translation of the Book of Ezra originally written about 460, B.C. “Poor Tom hath been scared out of his good wits.” William Shakespeare in King Lear, 1606 “During the whole of this time Scrooge...
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