Maybe it was God who made Honky Tonk Angels.

                          Today might just be one of my favorite days but then again is just might not be.

     I woke up to the room being a gray color of darkness. I rolled over thinking great, the cats have done it again - oh well, at least I would be able to adjust my over sized blanket, side down under it - move my pillows around a few to many more times and then sleep a little longer.
     Looking at my clock I was "shocked" to discover it was NOT any 3am time but rather 8:30 in the morning. The time I get up to start my day - Lucee' has to get off to school and Oakley needs to start his morning routine but first the animals need to be taken care of and fed. I always feel as though I might as well just live on a farm - having 3 cats, a turtle and a fish is just about the same thing. Right?

     Lucee' is mad at the air that is swirling around her - she, like me is NOT much of a morning person. Oakley on the other hand is fussy. He has come down with an awful cough almost sounding like a horse - there is that reason for me to live on a farm again if I don't already in a sense. I just want to to sleep some more but alas there is a bed to make and dishes to empty from the dishwashers ever running cycle. 

I can't be angry today. I can't be upset or mad. 

     The bed is now made - it is time to pull open the blinds and Look! Another Glorious Morning awaits me. The fog outside my window makes it look like a little later as the night turns to black - Trick Or Treating would be at hand but not just yet. It is still to early in the game for that even though I have been searching for months for just the right spot to release these monsters to ask random people to invest in their evening sugar high - that we have to deal with once we get back  home with them.

     I have made myself some almost not strong enough black coffee - sticking to my Keto affair: adding some sugar free Pumpkin Spice Creamer as well as a small amount of sugar free Pumpkin Spice (coffee) Syrup. I am adjusted at the desk now, looking out through the glass that holds the secrets *starts to giggle of what goes on behind closed bedroom doors. My nails have a fresh single coat of silver sparkly glitter over them - one would almost believe it is a gateway to a New Years Celebration or maybe even a little Tooth Fairy Magic has they catch the light but sadly not so. I have just finished talking to my middle daughter on the phone which lasted up words of 2 hours. She thought it would be fun to look up all the old places that we once lived in. Different. Not but seconds after I hung up from her, my oldest daughter called making me put my thoughts on hold again. Her call only lasted minutes though. We spoke of candles and other things we needed. Yes! Candles are very important at this time of the year and speaking of this time of the year - back to what I started this whole post about ...

     I have wanted to move my desk from the window for awhile now but I see no purpose in it, really. Facing the window in the Summer leads way to soft cool breezes - the Autumn to the green leaves turning rich colors of yellow, orange and red - Winter, my favorite of all. The snow. I could watch it for hours while I do my daily types. So for now, moving the desk is off my list of things to get done. Good. 
     I must admit though, my desk is sort of my happy place at times. It not only holds all my thoughts that rest of a black keyboard full of letters but also a jar  that has Queen Bee painted on it - capturing an Ursula ordainment that my kid gave me. A symbol. One I like. My Pumpkin Bonfire candle is lit each time by butt hits my chair as I wiggle down onto a pillow that is used to comfort my back - spending many hours a day here doing things that need to be done.
     At times I find myself squinting to try and see the Mountain that lies just beyond the school across the ever populated street, to see if there is any whiteness dancing on the top of it - promising me soon everything will only be outlines and holly berries but there is none yet.

     I use my computer for a lot of things in my life. To stay connected to/with my children, to work on my cookbook, to get family photographs in order for my kids, for looking up Keto recipes - working on Pinterest Boards, for writing My Blog @ kool keto mom and search for new and upcoming business ideas.
     I always start by signing in. Then I open My Twitter, read my mail in all folders, put down whatever I need to on my calendar then hit MSN to check the updates around the World.

Today was no different but yet so very different at the same time. I clicked on the latest events thinking I would see a fire here, a wreck there, a child being born and a animal being fed (much like every other day) - I did not expect or want to see, hear or read of the passing of:

                                             🌹 Loretta Lynn 🌹 

This is a somber day - not only for the Country Music World but for the rest of us as well - her fans. Maybe now with her eyes being closed - I question whether or not that is why the Earth is a little more dreary today then what is has been lately. There is no sun out. There is no music playing. No toe taping or Yeehaw-ing. The Universe is calm. I believe trying to process just what we have lost now. I am sure that tomorrow Loretta will still be the topic of conversation - spilling over for weeks and maybe in months to come. Each person shall mourn in their own way being filled with sadness and grief but then the light will begin to shine again and thoughts of The Queen shall set everyone's broken heart free.

Remembering who she was. Talking about her. Keeping her memory alive till the end of time. Playing her tunes, belting out her words and just remaining a little country ourselves.

     May you rest in sweet harmony, beautiful Queen - Loretta Lynn.


                                                                              Kazz 💋