Summer Clocks Falling Back
When Jan and I lived in Brooklyn, I always told her I needed to change the clocks at the beginning of the week before the switch would occur.
My rationale was the subway clocks changed that early.
Of course, I never did make the changes that early. Finally, Jan would say it was OK on the Saturday before moving ahead or falling back.
In Apartment 3B, I have minimized the number of chronometers that require me to change them manually.
Despite the easier task, the November change is always the most difficult.
Neither Jan nor I would “gain” the extra hour of sleep.
It could be weeks before our bodies would adjust to regular time.
Both of us, mostly me, are impacted by Seasonal affective disorder (SAD).
Summer-like weather complicates this time adjustment. How can the upper seventies be happening in November?
My allergies, which I never had when Jan was next to me, are aggravated by summer in November.
As much as I wish I could adjust the timepieces with Jan, all I can do is take one step at a time into my life without Jan.
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Illuminate the Path of Our Life
My reading was a contemporary Avinu Malkeinu that presented a series of questions acknowledging our responsibility for our lives. It was the ideal lesson for me as I began a year of growth and change. Was it merely luck that I was assigned this passage? Or was it another divine intervention like the one I had experienced after the fire?
