Written by HastyWords 12/27/12 Sometimes I HATE my inner dialog! Your Words dissolve Into pools Of deception Your Smile rots Leaving Teeth riddled With broken Torn up flesh Eyes hidden Behind a mask You are the The liar that Hides inside of me Torturing me With hope With dreams You tell me I will never…
Today my guest is Mel at PushingOurLimits. She wrote a poem that represents the devastation and harm bullying can produce. Please welcome the talented lovely Mel Douleur. A BULLY’S SMILE by Mel Douleur I smiled at you. A hope of what might be And with what I thought was grace You smiled back at me.…
TO BE YOURSELF Written by Sandy Ramsey Blogger at: An Honest Sinner One of the most difficult ideas for me to grasp in this life has been the concept of how to be yourself. When you grow up without the advice to do such a thing or any idea of how to begin, you sometimes…
*Put your armor on for this one. DEAR KID (AT WHATEVER AGE) Written by Tammi Velez Blogger at: Velezita I’m talking to you, the one with the difficult life. You, the kid, who can not understand why the other kids on the school bus are so happy about weekends, and summer break. Because I…
ALIVE Written by Rachel E Bledsoe Blogger at: The Misfits of a Mountain Mama I can breathe. The early morning hours announce, “It is time.” Writers, the real ones I know, keep strange bedfellows with those fleeting hours before dawn. I am no different. The clock says 1:34 a.m. and I lay there trying to…
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…
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