The magic count of ten. When growing up do you remember, or still even use today, the counting method? When you would cry out in anguish for some given reason and your guardian would offer you the, ever so, wise wisdom of, “Count to ten!” Immediately your thoughts were, “Are you kidding me, I almost…
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Hair Raised
Hair raised, the instinct is to fight back. Did those nasty words or actions really just happen? Is it possible someone rudely pushed into you at the grocers, or cut you off as you are driving down the road? Spoke out of turn or passed an ugly look? The reality is commonplace, but our reactions to…
The Kernel
The kernel of understanding takes a grain of truth. We must be honest with ourselves, and the role we play with others. To grow as a people we should not have to hide. When did we learn to be ashamed of who we really are? Through honesty there is no need to do either. It goes…
It Has
It has sadly come to my attention that ‘Me & My Roomba’ may be well played out. Leave it to visiting children home for the Holidays to remind their parents, this parent, of how very ordinarily pathetic they may be. Now, I have great kids, but really? Throw an ol’ girl a bone here. You can’t…
A Place
A place of safety, a place of strength; there is a place inside that awaits our deliverance. It is not one to dwell, feel pity or shame. This place offers light graced to us every day. It is the awakening of every morning, the dawning of a new year. A place we forget to recognize often…
The Hurt
The hurt is continual, waiting for change. A difference to what already has been proven over a wasteland of time. “Keep your chin up,” he told me. “Everything will be alright.” And now, he is gone, as I wade in the aftermath of what was left behind. Why must another’s neglect to possibilities affect one after so…
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