Humanity: Raw & Unfiltered
I remember being a kid, trailing behind my mom at the mall. A pack of teenage girls breezed by us with their perfect hair, smudged black eyes, laughing like every word in the English language was funny. Twelve-year old me sporting knotted hair, a wrinkled shirt, with teeth coming in Read more
Poster’s preface: This is my story, told through my eyes, to the best of my recollection. It’s purely anecdotal in nature; I have no way of knowing if my father’s cancer would have gone a different route if he’d listened to the traditional doctor’s advice. I do know that the Read more
My recent trip to my friend Connie’s ranch in Blanco, Texas was quite the experience. The Hill Country Texans are a breed unto themselves. Painfully polite, hospitable, simple, and yet complex. They either like you or they don’t. Period. Connie’s great grandfather Wiggy passed away in the ‘60’s. This area Read more
I have been missing in action for a couple of weeks and I want to tell you why. I learned a valuable lesson over the last weeks, ”Not everyone wants for your Good.” Have you ever thought and believed without a doubt that certain people in your life always want Read more
How do you cram 60 years worth of living in 200 words or less? Let me try. It’s been a hell of a ride or as my older sister likes to say, “it’s been hell and it’s been a ride,” beginning at age seven, with our family’s ten year “project”– Read more
I recently read two unrelated articles that touched on a worrisome trend taking place among affluent communities in the United States, which is the over-indulgence and permissive irresponsibility of wealthy and upper middle class teenagers in America. The first was an from an article in the December issue of Psychology Read more
We are given many opportunities each day, and for some of us every couple of hours, to ask ourselves, Will this food enhance my beautiful energy? Foods we eat either nourish us, comfort us, or harm us. Or some combination thereof. Considering we ALL probably want to be physically fit, you might be Read more
Sorrow led her parade and it was shrouded by heavy curtains that sat on her shoulders and they drooped a little as to not bring attention to the bulging, impenetrable mesh of a scar above her eyes that held her cries.