Audrey J Burton

Even though we haven’t seen the end of Covid-19, we are seeing the end of other things. One of those is the death of marriages. I am calling it the ‘Covid Divorce Syndrome’. I have heard of couples who have learned just how much they dislike the person they are married to because they were forced to be isolated with them. It’s a testament to how often couples may lead separate lives to the point … [Read more...]

My family moved about 20 miles away from where I started life out when I was going into second grade. It didn’t seem like a big deal. I was still young enough that I wasn’t leaving friends behind. In fact, I had never gone to kindergarten and started first grade at the age of 5. I was so shy and nervous that I was afraid to ask to go to the bathroom which was about 6 feet in front of my desk. I … [Read more...]

We are our own worst critic. We would never say to our friends what we say to ourselves. We wouldn’t be that cruel.  We allow what others say about us to carry more weight than it should and disregard what those who love us, say. Why do we find it so difficult to accept compliments? What keeps us from being able to see in ourselves what others see in us? It comes down to being taught not to toot … [Read more...]

I have a three year old granddaughter who was the sweetest baby. She always had a pleasant disposition when she was an infant. We thought we’d really lucked out again with a happy, healthy grandbaby. When her mom put her into daycare, we saw her picking up some unwanted traits, but not too bad really. Then, she turned 3. It didn’t happen overnight. We’d seen signs earlier on, but once we were … [Read more...]

We grew up hearing that phrase all of the time. Nothing proves that more than what’s going on in the world right now. People are protesting and rioting all over America in the name of George Floyd. A few years from now, they will be talking about the year of the virus and riots, and no one will remember his name. They won’t remember what happened to him as a person. It will be about how bad things … [Read more...]

While I try to maintain a certain amount of balance to my life, I find it difficult at times to do that and when things get to me, I go in search of what makes me feel ok with the world. I call this my serenity. The word, itself, means the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled. Even the sound of the word is calming. When we first moved out of the suburbs back in 1990, we were looking for … [Read more...]