Some days, you just have to walk away from trying to catch up and just jump in. So pfffft to the a to z challenge, here's today's post. L for lost! It's a bit how I'm feeling today. Lost. Some days the sorrow, the regret, the heartache of life just bites me in the ass. ... Continue Reading →
G for Going
Excerpt from Mary Lynne's Dream: “Are you sure about this? What’s going on? I talked to you last week and everything was fine. This sounds crazy to me.” Ever have one of those moments when you know exactly what you need to do and the people in your life tell you you're "crazy"? Mary Lynne's... Continue Reading →
F for Father
In Marie's Pledge, Marie struggles to come to terms with many things, not the least of which is her mother's death, long ago: Then, of course, comes the question of how dare I? How dare I be so selfish, so self-centered that my mother’s death was all about me? What about her? Maybe she was... Continue Reading →
E for Everything
We think of people who sort out their life, who find themselves, who discover new ways of naviagatingthrough life, as strong or adventurous or filled with courage. It's not easy, and is a time that can be filled with doubts, with wondering why we are the only one whose life is a mess. Kind of... Continue Reading →
Remembering
Yesterday I took it off the shelf in my bedroom from its place of honour. I sat on the floor holding it tenderly in my hands remembering the time I sat outside the city gates dirty and broken while you passed by gathering your skirts so nothing of you would come in contact with who... Continue Reading →
Opportunities
Life presents us with opportunities to grow. Confronts us with our own places of fear sheds light on those things we keep in shadow wanting to give us the opportunity to cheer. To cheer ourselves beyond the limitations to move us out of our comfort zone to expose us to new situations all the while... Continue Reading →
A Hunger for More
We have carried the pain of generations in our bones throughout our life the very blood, the most minuscule of particles that makes us this particular woman remembers all who went before us Too often we have pretended to be fine to please those around us to allow this world to think that everything is... Continue Reading →
Here’s the thing about social anxiety
So, here’s the thing about social anxiety. It bites you in the ass when you least expect it. At the end of a good day, you sit on the couch, or lay in bed, and you just want to die. Yeah, not because anything bad has happened, but because you’ve used up every ounce of... Continue Reading →