Schticktease

Life isn't all about crying into my martini glass while I catalog the pains of the past and the pangs of the present.

There are rays of light and days of song, where the sky seems ever-blue and the breeze off the bay refreshes, when C sleeps late and naps long, when words come flying out of my fingers onto the keyboard, and dinner is easy to prepare, delicious, and enjoyed by all.

But I have a schtick here, a theme, of apprehending the past and through that apprehension (!), forgiving myself and others.

Some days, a girl just isn't up to it. But the past will be there, waiting ...