A Stupid Mistake

It was a partial cloudy day with little drizzling in the air. I stood at a road side waiting for a cab so I could go to the Railway Station....

Tears And Laughter

I am finding that my eyes are a little more moist these days. I seem to be tearing up from time to time. Now it isn't because I am sad. ...

37 Things I Did When I Turned 37

This summer when I turned 37, I asked myself what I did this year - what I have contributed? what value have I added? Unfortunately, I didn...

Love

If you know the meaning of love you are not likely to have many questions, in the understanding of what love is, you will never be worried a...

What True Love Looks Like After 20 Years

I've read a lot of frustrated posts about what love really is and isn't, and I thought I would share my experience. Today is my 19th...

The Unexpected Complement

I walked up to the big white door and knocked. I heard the door unlock and a large lady with a stern look, opened the door. "Are you he...

Often Friends Are

Often Friends Are

Often friends are for a time and season. It doesn’t mean they weren’t good friends - but the fact is that people and circumstances change. A...

Where Do You Get Your Energy From?

Where Do You Get Your Energy From?

There was a lot of construction going on in our neighborhood. I would always wave at the guys working on the homes as I walked by each day o...

Where Is Your Treasure Stored?

Where Is Your Treasure Stored?

I once heard a fantastic, short story which gave me a perspective on life that I still use to this day. As in one of my previous blogs “The ...

Sunshine In A Bottle

Sunshine In A Bottle

"What about the lavender?" Her skin was the color of those windmill cookies my mom used to buy when I was a kid. Her head wrapped ...

Don't Let Your Inner Life Die

Don't Let Your Inner Life Die

Whatever trials you are going through today I would implore you to avoid a state of depression as if it were the plague! Don't let your ...

Life

Life

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they were meant to be there, to serve some sort of purpose, teach you a le...

More Than a Kiss

More Than a Kiss

She stood there on the sidewalk in the rain thinking 'how did it come to this? I'm homeless. I have no one. I have nothing. What is ...

Once You Feel

Once You Feel

Once you feel you are avoided by someone, never disturb them again.

Tears of Joy

Tears of Joy

I lay in my bedroom staring the motionless fan hanging from the ceiling above. Electricity has gone, but the cool breeze through the windows...

Boarding School Homesickness

Boarding School Homesickness

I'd like to put a smile on your face EVERY DAY if I could :) To my mother I was a foolish little child, only five years old Tryna act li...

A Great Birthday

A Great Birthday

There is a village named dream valley. a middle class family lives in that place with a mom, dad, a child of 12 years old named Huck and thr...

Be Careful With Your Words

Be Careful With Your Words

Be careful with your words. Once they are said, they can be only forgiven, not forgotten.

Cycle of Life

Cycle of Life

That day, old man was leaving us, forever!!! I heard my mother calling relatives and friends, one-by-one, on phone and telling the news in s...

Flawlessly Flawed

Flawlessly Flawed

A little twisted. I think that’s what they all say. The ones who know. But he, he knows best of all. The ferocious mood swings and snappy te...

The Love You Take

The Love You Take

I always look forward to our walks through the woods that are situated just on the outskirts of town. Rose and I have taken a trip out there...

Watching The Sun Come Up

Watching The Sun Come Up

If you have never taken the time to watch the sun come up in the morning then you really should do so. It is so good for the soul. You need ...

Love Over Fear

Love Over Fear

When it comes down to it, there really is only love or fear to choose from. The obvious way we think about this is, choose love every time. ...

You Are The Captain Of Your Journey

You Are The Captain Of Your Journey

They may have been few in number, but they offer sufficient proof that everything can be taken from man but one thing; the last of human fre...

Waiting For Someone

Waiting For Someone

Waiting for someone else to make you happy is the best way to be sad. -Jeffrey Benjamin

The Hug

The Hug

The phone rang, it was Bea my 86 year old friend calling. Bea was wondering if I could take her to Flint to see the eye doctor. I assured he...

Tell Him You Love Him

Tell Him You Love Him

My dad always made it a point to end our phone conversations with "I love you and I miss you." (I moved a few states away from hom...

Learning from Mistakes

Learning from Mistakes

Thomas Edison tried two thousand different materials in search of a filament for the light bulb. When none worked satisfactorily, his assist...

Happiness Is The Object And Design Of Our Existence

Happiness Is The Object And Design Of Our Existence

At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter how “sexy” you may look. People grow old. Your hair will turn grey, your skin will sag…What doesn’t...

What’s for Dinner

What’s for Dinner

A man feared his wife wasn’t hearing as well as she used to and he thought she might need a hearing aid. Not quite sure how to approach her,...

10 Steps To Self-Care

10 Steps To Self-Care

10 STEPS TO SELF-CARE 1. If it feels wrong, don’t do it. 2. Say “exactly” what you mean. 3. Don’t be a people pleaser. 4. Trust your instinc...

Dreams

Dreams

I don't know what that dream is that you have. I don't care how disappointing it might've been as you've been working toward...