Forced to Feel Human

She seeks my eye, I am human but for a brief moment; her eyes force me to feel again, to feel her presence, I see her, staring, searching, hoping Judging not, her eyes reveal her sorrowful past, anguished, no words spoken Desperate, a homeless wanderer; The ache of her soul frightens me. She turns away; […]

Choice; It’s a Real Mixed Bag.

Look at your feet. Make a quick mental note of where you are at this minute. Where you are, didn’t happen by accident, your choices led you there. We make left and right turns all day long, we go, stop whatever. Yet somehow, you made it to your present spot. It is a miracle that […]

Is the price of an opinion too high?

When someone offers an opinion, they are essentially “putting in their two-cents”. If someone wants to know what you think, they might say “a penny for your thoughts”. These idiomatic expressions both suggest that the value of an opinion isn’t worth much monetarily.  I believe that the value is even less if that opinion is […]

So I had this idea…

I woke up this morning feeling ambitious.  I had an idea about a new business. I grabbed my glasses, sweats, a shirt, my bunny slippers and headed downstairs. I settled in and quickly realized that my glasses were so dirty that I really couldn’t see. Oily skin, the bane of all glasses wearers. I better […]

The Dilemma of the Modern Family

The word “family” is defined by Google as “a group consisting of parents and children living together in the same household”.  That broad definition seems appropriately vague, considering the modern family dynamic of today.  So, which is “better”; two adults who create “biological” children, raising them together in a genetically matched family or a mish-mash of DNA brought together by two […]

Intimacy is pain

Intimacy is pain It is to be vulnerable It begs for honesty Intimacy is fear of being known of being discovered Intimacy is knowing Who you are who you love Intimacy is the end the masks are gone the truth revealed Intimacy is human an ending a beginning Intimacy is peace to accept to endure […]