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He Was Eleven Years Old. They Called Him DJ
Dracen John Lee Brabant was an eleven year old boy who had a future ahead of him. But, he breathes no more because he felt that he couldn’t deal with the pressures of life as he knew it. He was a victim of bullying. Dracen, or DJ as he was affectionately called, had a family…
Covid Changed The World
“Covid changed the world”. I have heard that many times over. I was talking with a friend I met in Walmart the other day and she said the same thing. “Everyone is so mean and full of hate.” She’s right. It seems that people tend to look for reasons to hate before giving love and…
Time – Where Have You Gone?
I feel that I am obsessed with the concept of time this year. Scientifically, it is measured with a watch, and separated into labeled sections such as hours or days. But, it feels relatively different to each person and situation without a timepiece. Time lost can never be replaced. You may be able to repeat…
Is It Love (Or a Trauma Bond)?
Let’s talk about a trauma bond. It’s a little off the main road of my recent posts, but anyone who has followed me for any length of time knows that I can veer off the beaten path at any given moment. These posts are usually about what’s most prevalent in my life when I feel…
GET OUT OF HERE 2023! Let’s Welcome 2024
Well, I can only hope 2024 is better than 2023 was. I’m not the only one who said this year pretty much sucked. While looking through the highlights of each month, it was hard to find anything positive, but there sure were a lot of negatives. In 2023, I experienced the deaths of more than…
Check Your Sense of Humor
No, I haven’t changed. I’m just speaking up. I’ve never found humor in making fun of other people, no matter how innocent it seems. I can’t laugh at someone else’s embarrassment. Because, at one time, that was me. A simple misunderstanding and people laugh. Or, a cruel joke by someone who thought it was funny…
2023 Is The Year I Blinked
Usually, I don’t do a review of a year until December. But I just reviewed 2023 because it feels like I blinked, and it’s over. I looked over my daily log, and things that happened just a month or so feel like they were from last year. So much has happened in such a short…
A Second Chance
Do you immediately put someone out of your life for a mistake or, do you give them a second chance? Should everyone be allowed another chance, or is it one and done? I guess I’m a super lenient person, but I will always give someone a second chance. There is good in every one of…
That Old Writer’s Bell
There have been a lot of different things I’ve wanted to write about in the last few weeks. I would see or hear something that triggered a writer’s bell in my head, but I couldn’t make time to flesh it out. I’ve been sick from the heat. I don’t do well when the thermometer goes…