When you were five, what did you want to be when you grew up? When I was a young girl, I didn’t play with barbies. I wasn’t super girlie that way. I played board and strategy games every day. I participated in storytelling contests. I acted I’m homegrown […]
The past month has been leading up to this week and one day in particular. The memorial services are this week. So much preparation goes into putting on a celebration of life that you become numb to a lot of things throughout the days. And, most people won’t […]
January’s have been hard for me. I’ve lost three dear loved ones in past January’s. When I seemingly got through this past Friday, the 13th, I breathed a sigh of relief. That was foolish of me. I sit here having cried for two days now. Grief never goes […]
It is an amazing experience to go through and witness as a baby turns into an independent being. My baby will be turning 15 this coming year. And, I’m floored. This morning, as I woke up, one of my first thoughts was how he was going to be […]
Dear 2022 Here is a brief letter of gratitude now that I have had some days to reflect back on the year that recently was. First off, thank you for ending. The year seemed unusually long and tedious, at times. Why I had to get covid this past […]
The year is winding down, and it’s that time to reflect on the good, the bad, and the ugly. I know it’s the holiday season, but for that very reason today, I may focus a little on the bad. Namely, Covid. For the first two years of the […]
As adults, we have a lot of pressures on us. Job, family, friends, frenemies, shopping, and so forth. We get hit from every angle sometimes. I rarely went to the beach as a kid. I grew up in the cement world. But, I made a concerted effort to […]
These days we hear about many illnesses and diseases. It’s actually a daily barage. There’s news stories on diseases old and new. There are alerts from the health department. There’s social media catching onto something supposedly new. There are television advertisements for medications for diseases you never knew […]
I just went to the refrigerator to grab a Coke Zero- yes, I can readily sleep even after consuming caffeine late at night-and as I was peering into the fridge I realized that the day had gotten away from me. This was two data in a row during […]
She stared at the prickly flowers. They were beautiful. They were rough. They were fiery yet gentle. They were like her mother. And, today was the day she had dreaded since childhood. She put on her black dress. She grabbed a shawl and a hat. She held her […]
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