Writing makes me a better person. How do I know this? The holiday season is filled with activities that take me away from my writing. And in the magnetic pull of seasonal revelries and necessities, kindness appears to dissipate. What normally draws me in and captures my attention and the resulting analysis is missing as…
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Well-Intentioned Words
Guilty. The heavy word pierces my complacency, as I bestow the gavel-laden sentence upon myself. There appears no chance for a defense. The evidence is overwhelming. In my well-intentioned parenting, I failed on so many levels according to the current standards. I used the words to encourage my children, “you are strong!”‘ And “everything happens for a…
You Can Do It!
“Come on Eleanor, you can do it!”, she emphatically told herself out loud, struggling to open her newest prize in the back seat of the car while I was driving. I smiled from ear to ear. She’s only four years old, yet she presented a powerful message with her example of persistence, cheering herself on,…
Step Back
Sometimes we just forget to take a step back in order to move forward with intention. It is in the space between what is, what was, and what will be that we gain the objectivity to make the next plan. The business of life clouds our intentions and our way, and the storms can sometimes…
The Gift of Time
I haven’t written in a while. I must admit self-seeking endeavors came between me and you. Life continues to provide me with powerful excuses to distract me from the matter at hand. Yet it keeps gnawing at me, daily, the abyss of thoughts intertwined with feelings attempting to escape as a word canvas, wherein the…