My #BeReal guest today is Matthew Blashill. When I think of good guys, Matthew is always on that list. He has a beautiful heart, a wonderful imagination, and he is a loving husband and father. OK this may sound like a eulogy but he is very much alive and I am so very grateful for that.…
My #BeReal guest today is Denise Geelhart. For years, all I could think about was suicide. Then, one day, on Friday, September 13, 1996, after failing to overdose the night before, I found myself standing on an 11th story hotel balcony overlooking a beautiful beach and Diamond Head. In a moment of complete fear and…
Today’s #BeReal guest is Accidentally Reflective. So far we have had images of people to go along with each post but today our guest will remain anonymous. This does not make her any less real. Perhaps it allows her to be even more real. Hasty Words asked this question recently as part of her inspiring…
My #BeReal guest today is Kerry Kijewski. I started this series to showcase real people with real struggles doing real people things. I don’t want my daughter to spend her time trying to keep up with some invisible standard. Our children deserve a future full of real people to look up to. Real people like…
My #BeReal guest today is Sandy Ramsey. Please welcome this beautiful lady to the series. Sandy has written about some very important and deep struggles. Somewhere between her stories I fell in love with her inner strength. When we realize perfection is a myth we can get on with being real. This is me. And…
Punk Rock Papa sent me some poetry yesterday. I am sure this one will resonate with everyone! I love getting poetry 🙂 PACING DARK by Briton Underwood I find my mind most at work when it should be shutting down Sleep. You need it It doesn’t listen. In fact, it never listens As I race…
It’s a bit hard for me to believe I have been doing this for three years. This blog is just a glimpse of who I am, where I have been, and what I am becoming. Thank you to all of you who have stuck with me over the years, encouraged me, and friended me.
I have been wanting to post this for awhile now and today seems like a great day to do it. Thank you Jerry for sending this poem to me and for being a good friend. Written by DodgySurfer Dark is the night And long it lasts My demons dwell On matters past I…
When I began blogging a few years ago I believed it would be a solitary journey. I believed I would type some words on a screen, hit publish, and maybe feel content knowing the words might land someplace they were wanted and/or needed. I never really expected that I would end up having conversations with…
The word compassion is staring back at me, it’s searching me and I’m crumbling. I’ve known this day would arrive and I would have to pen something profound or deep but I can’t find anything even remotely meaningful inside my head. So I asked my heart instead… And my heart felt anger. Anger at the…
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