My Poem Swappers

I so want to apologize to my Poetry Swap buddies. I should have just taken this year off. Every post from May 1 on has been a journey outside of the daily stuff. And most times I just can't get past the daily stuff. Even this moment I am eyeing the clock...gotta be somewhere in a few minutes so I don't want to get so involved that I get lost in time. After the purchase of the home in PA, we had to return in spring to prepare the home in ME for sale. Now that is sold, I am back in PA and my husband is in ME helping renovate my son's home. A variety of extraneous issues that I don't want to go into have drawn attention from one thing to another in rapid succession. I can't discuss all of it, but just know, it has been mind-boggling and randomly concerning. If it isn't one thing, it's another. However, there have been enough good things to keep smiling in between...just not enough TIME smiling to relax. I'm always waiting for the next shoe to