Not sure which way this grief is taking me but I sure know where I have been. I stand at this sign, arrows pointing every direction, knowing there is no right answer and no correct way of charting my course. I probably think too much, forward thinking, analyzing and talking myself out of the roads [...]
I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. ~Vincent Van Gogh
My meaningful life can be pried, threatened, robbed, or seduced away from me unless I hold on to my basic happiness and wild worth. I take traps and poisons onto myself, I starve and fall into an obsession of “feel betters”, “leave me alones” and “love me – please”. When I am starving I take [...]
A statement that is heard often…..hindsight is 20/20. Bullshit. I sit here and look back and nothing is clear. Nothing! Hindsight is not always 20/20 and if someone tells me this one more time….. Our vision is so clear now, going forward, new lenses and new clarity to new colors and shapes. Behind us is [...]
My plea to you. From my heart to yours. Will you listen? Do you suffer from a depression, silently? Do you feel like people will make fun of you or treat you like less of a person? Maybe you think that you are weak because of it and think others will also see you as [...]
As I grow in depth and breadth, I remember the days, When I was so innocent. Death had NOT knocked on my door. I did not know such a horrible and tragic pain. And now, in the after, I choose my battles to fight and my dragons to slay – with a different vision. Today [...]
Can we reach out to each other? Can we help the pain? What if we became Survival Sisters and Brothers. Buddies. Can we team up and provide daily checks and inspiration by just knowing that each other is there? Can we become stronger by going backwards and using methods from our childhood days? Hold hands. [...]
I am not a wealthy woman, and I do not have a lot of things I am attached to. Instead I am just a woman, attached to a very important and loving family. My family circle may be small and we may not see each other every day, but the golden ropes that hold us [...]
Life will find a way. I am sitting in a strange place with all too familiar feelings. The pictures on the walls hold no memory for me, no place to lose myself in thought. There are no tracks, worn in my head, where I have walked these bare wooden floors. There is nothing, it is [...]
sur·vi·vor [ser-vahy-ver] noun 1. a person or thing that survives. 2. Law . the one of two or more designated persons, as joint tenants or others having a joint interest, who outlives the other or others. 3. a person who continues to function or prosper in spite of opposition, hardship, or setbacks. The person who [...]