THE BOY WITH THE BLOG

I met this boy very, very briefly one night.  It was a chance encounter because I was accompanying a friend to see a play another friend was in and ended up meeting this boy who, as you will read, became one of my favorite friends.  I remember shaking the boy’s hand, saying “Hi, nice to meet…

PATIENCE AND THE TROLL

Today I look like I do any other day from an outsider’s perspective.  However, today I have put myself in time out.  I am not allowed to have any important conversations about feelings.  I am not allowed to think destructive or self-deprecating thoughts.  I am not allowed to sit and sulk.  Today I will sit…

HAPPINESS IS AN ART

I am starting to believe happiness is an art.  It looks different on everybody.  Some people you have to really study and sit with a bit to see the happiness.  Other people are like glitter painted rainbows and sunshine.  Still others are very abstract, moody even, but the happiness is in there somewhere among all…

KILLER EXPECTATION

FORGET the fact that although I planned to run this morning my sleepy eyes had other ideas. FORGET the fact that I couldn’t find anything to wear to work because sleeping in is ruining my running efforts.  FORGET the fact that I couldn’t find my makeup to hide the stress bumps on my face (yea…

ORAGAMI CHOPSTICKS

I made dinner last night for family night and we enjoyed a super healthy marinated baked salmon and a spinach salad.  My daughter, as usual,  complained about the salad, but diligently ate it first to get it over with.  Afterwards, my daughter got out her Oragami making kit.  She made me a cup and a…

IF I HAD KNOWN

When I was young I cracked my crystal ball Broke a few mirrors, and set fire to my fortunes told Or I would have known to avoid you Since then I have tossed a few pennies down the stairwell Scared I would never be scared enough To avoid finding someone like you   Cascading thoughts…

ZOMBIE WITHOUT

I love zombie movies!  I don’t know why.  It could be they don’t really care how they look, they aren’t really interested in what others think, they are definitely not lazy, and they are passionately in pursuit of their (non-hearts) desires. We can all say we have days where we really don’t care how we…