I remember I used to love to look at the negatives when I picked up my pictures from the drug store (if you have no idea what I am talking about, Google how we had to walk uphill both ways to get our film developed;-), much like I used to notice the darkness of the night sky more than the...

Usually the first thing someone asks me when I say that my parents live with us is, "Was that the only option?" My answer is both yes and no. No, there are many other options available, including them living on their own, as they have no medical or physical reasons for living with us. Yes, because it was a choice...

I am going out on a limb here and using a "hot" topic for this discussion: food allergies. I am a bit fearful about writing this, as I have witnessed how people respond to this topic because of their admiration for a loved one. We all want our loved ones to be safe. I am simply wondering if there is...

Listening is defined as making an effort to hear something or being alert and ready to hear something. Seems pretty simple, but why do so many people lack listening skills? One reason could be that everyone just wants to be heard, and therefore everyone is talking, so that leaves no one left to listen to those talking. Since we aren't...

This is one of those little catchphrases we love to use to explain why we aren't making progress. Think about it. If we always took one step forward and two steps back, we would never make forward progress. Is that true? Nope. We move forward all the time. I did some research into this catchphrase and found that it was...

I was asked by my mentors to write about betrayal. More specifically, how I have felt betrayed by others. I was also encouraged to write in a way that I would avoid planting or stepping on land mines, respecting the others, and in a way that allowed me to be heard. I did what I usually do. I went to...

The quantity and severity of violent attacks on this or that group by this or that group has been growing at an alarming rate. I think we have always had these types of conflicts and violence, but we haven't had the instant access to it, or such easy access to the means by which to carry out these acts. There...

I want to try something. I want to share something with you. My hypothesis is that by doing so, I will become exactly what I fear you think I am... an apathetic, indifferent, unkind, manipulative, misleading, emotionless, cowardice shell of a person, therefore limiting myself. In order to share this information, I need to let you in on a secret...

You are probably thinking, what? I am not scared of being happy. My questions back to you would be: Are you happy right now? (more…)

I was reviewing some of my more recent posts and I found a theme among most of them. I keep stating the words are subjective, they don't belong to the object of thought or that they are a poor way of communicating. I started thinking that you may wonder why I write (communicating with words) if I keep writing about...

Think about it, why do we make everything so damn complicated? And the answer is simple, we judge. As we use contrast to know ourselves as whole, we get stuck at judging that which we are not (and sometimes that which we are). We seem to have forgotten how to just be. To judge not. Not ourselves, not others. Judge...

"Don't cry for me Next door neighbor I get knocked down But I get up again You're never gonna keep me down I get knocked down But I get up again You're never going to keep me down" Lyrics from "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba (more…)

I am not fond of labels, so I hesitate to write about this, as I don’t want you to think I am talking about this because I am on a mission to change the birthing world we live in. I know that my choice to home birth my children was for me and not against your choice. (more…)

No, this isn't a question for "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader," but rather a question asked to my aunt by another adult (many other adults). My lovely aunt spent nearly 30 years as a bartender in Key West. I am grateful that I have had the privilege of spending long periods of time with her over the past...

Where are you in your own understanding of yourself? Seeking to know by contrast (friends); questioning what you know or don't know (un-friending); or do you think you have decided (blocking)? And if you think you have decided, how do you know you have made the right decision? All of this from a basic function of the social media world...what?...