Author: Yve Harrold

I never got my Aston Martin

What if, during this lifetime, we did everything we could have ever hoped for. That doesn’t mean we didn’t make mistakes. It doesn’t mean we wouldn’t take any do over’s. But what if, for the most part, we had and did more than we ever imagined we would or could? Tim went through a lot…

By Yve Harrold February 5, 2022 10

It’s about time

I’ve almost depleted the master to-do list that has looked the same since October, and I am cranking out a new one. I can’t function without my lists. There are daily tasks, weekly items, and the sometime-in-the-near-future stuff. Most of the major 2021 items have been chipped away at. And today, the promise of a…

By Yve Harrold January 15, 2022 15

I don’t get paid for this

My blog has been live since March 2020. Like so much about these past few years, it is hard to believe. At that time, I was inspired to put my yearning to write into this format as a result of a conversation. I was talking to a friend, about what, specifically, I don’t know. It…

By Yve Harrold October 1, 2021 4

I just want the old you back

I am so afraid that I will never be who I once was. And I am also afraid that I will be. I wrote this singular thought in my journal with no other comment. And there it sat for months, although, often playing on a reel in my head. I read this in a blog…

By Yve Harrold September 18, 2021 3

Can’t you hear the whumpfing?

Warning. I feel angry today. Some days, I don’t want to be here. I don’t mean not alive versus dead, here. I mean, here, in the midst of suffering, violence, addiction, poverty, disease, hatred, ignorance, natural disasters. The here that we find ourselves in on this planet. I am angry about it. I understand that…

By Yve Harrold September 5, 2021 12

A little uncomfortable

How many times have you been asked, where do you see yourself in five years? It’s one of those outdated interview questions, but some variation of it comes up now and again. I have never been really good at answering that. My generic response would typically sound something like, happy, healthy, successful. Not knowing where…

By Yve Harrold August 28, 2021 10

The open secret

If you are on any type of social media, you may have wondered, if only for a moment, about someone else’s perfect life. As a spectator you might be thinking, do they really have it all together? Or, are they only showing their very best pictures and happiest moments? Yes. Duh. So what? Not everyone…

By Yve Harrold August 14, 2021 7

The purest medicine

If you live long enough, and if you love enough, you will know the burden of grief. It is the most common experience we can have but the one we least want to talk about. Most of us have no idea how to grieve well. We are never taught. And we are surrounded by a…

By Yve Harrold July 29, 2021 4

Gold stars and spaghetti

I learned something in third grade that had a lasting effect on me. At that time, it was called PMA. In my memory, it was a theme for the entire year, but in reality, it may have been a brief part of the lesson plan. But I do remember lighting up when I learned what…

By Yve Harrold July 15, 2021 7

It’s like a good friend

Thirteen years ago, we bought land in Galax Virginia. It became our weekend camping destination. The first improvement was an outdoor shower.  Tim used piping to make a frame and then we lined it with a straw curtain. We hung a rubber bladder from the tree to be warmed by the sun and gravity carried…

By Yve Harrold July 3, 2021 3