Every morning I try my best to try yo catch the sunrise. I certainly get up early enough. I just have to be intentional on what I seek at the beginning of each day.I try to instill that love of sunrises and, for that matter, sunsets in my […]
A few weeks back, right after I was getting over having both the flu and a sinus infection, I had a very trying day. Or rather my family did as a whole. And, my son will not forget that day for a long time to come. Trying days […]
Despite loving dresses and high heels, as well as wearing them everyday, I have never been a very girlie girl. To some, that just doesn’t add up or make sense. I’m not saying I was a tomboy. But I just was never that into manicures (mani-pedis), for instance. […]
Seasons change and come and go The years roll by faster and faster Nothing is slowing down the rollercoaster Plunging through depths of desire and ire Need to hold onto the rails and stifle the screams Oil the seats yet bolt them down Lickety split goes the story […]
Well, the awards season has reached an end until the fall comes back around. Lots of pastels on the red carpet. It’s like they took a page out of my pink handbook. Going into the evening, everyone noted that the four acting categories were all set. Not much […]
I am in a major sleep deficit nowadays. I’m tired. Bogged down in fits of exhaustion and desire for REM. I would fervently relish going to sleep at a decent hour and dreaming of daffodils. But, I am in a sleep deficit. And, one cannot readily make up […]
No rest for the wicked. No rest for the weary. It was another day to come together and find a reason to care. Otherwise none of this is real. She didn’t want to be stuck in a perfect dream. That would not motivate or push forward any gains. […]
To pick To gather To find that which is ripe To dig To eat dirt To find that which is new To hope for the unexpected To find a bountiful harvest Wherever it may be Whenever it may be Rough times Can be goldmines Cannot wait till the […]
She sat in the semi-cold living room looking at the shadows dance on the ceiling. It was late and she needed to sleep but couldn’t. She was too wound up. She looked at the shadows and she was scared. She was afraid to go to sleep. She feared […]
We all have occasional odd thoughts. I still remember those opening scenes in Sex, Lies, and Videotapes where Andie McDowell’s character keeps ruminating about trash landfills. Odd thoughts can take on an earworm quality just spinning and spinning around in one’s head. I myself recently had such a […]