HERE WE GO NOW Written by Amy NEW blogger : Out Of The Ashes Of My Life 2016. The Year that I vowed to open my heart to life again. To love. Here we go now. Opening my heart means being open to everyone, and everything…. and that includes being open to the Catholic…
THE CYCLE written by Mandi Castle Blogger at: Mandi Castle It starts again. The cycle. The never ending punch in the gut, jolt to the heart, baffling cycle. The first stage: Denial “Have you talked to mom?” The question I hate to hear when one of my four brothers calls. “Yes.” I close my…
I am fairly active on social media so I know, perhaps more than most parents, how insidious it can be. There are so many things parents should be aware of before they can help a child navigate cyber space safely. Although it can be a scary place, social media is at the very core of…
THE SPIRIT HERO Written by Gretchen Kellaway Blogger at: How My Brain Works In loving Memory of Jake Bodine, my friend, my brother, my muse. And to all the demon warriors, who found a way to release their spirits from the battles. To all those who are still fighting! This was inspired by my brother…
I have some mad respect for this dude. Seriously! This post rips me up… it also increased my determination to be more aware of those around me. Not every kid has an adult in their life who loves them. Let that sink in. I read the stories and I watch the horror of headline news and yet… it…
I wrote this in April 2015 but it feels appropriate for today. See you next in 2016. xoxo Hasty After all the kicking And our bones Are finished breaking After all the cutting And our souls Are finished carving After all the crying And our tears Are finished shedding After all the burning And…
I would like to thank my Relationships Are Hard guest today Robert Wertzler. Three Connections By Robert Wertzler This is a story of three people with three relationships. I was one of them. I will call the other two Mary and Jane. Those were not their names. They were clients of the county mental health…
A poem By Briton Underwood 🙂 I yearn to find a home in your thoughts Let me nestle cozily next to your subconscious Like a dream you can’t remember But leaves a smile on your face all day I don’t want you to quite figure me out Like the words to a song you never…
My Relationships are hard guest today is Sara Litchfield. Resilience. Sara uses this word and it hit me how true it is. This post is a beautiful reminder that we aren’t perfect so we can’t expect relationships to be. We try and sometimes we succeed and sometimes we fail. Sara, thank you! I needed this…
It’s nothing new We will survive Time and again in fact Surviving is how we do Our heart hits a snag Sometimes scratched Torn, shredded Broken in two Occasionally blown to bits But the truth is We will all die With a broken heart If we are lucky enough To have battled love
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