Easter has been a special time of year for me. It lands in the spring, the season of rebirth and hope. The grass is beginning to sprout. The long winter is finally coming to an end. Depression lifts. The sun shines again and brings a new warmth to the ground. Lakes and rivers swell with…
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Whose Tears Are These?
(Photo credit: Jeremy Kruchten) Imagine a beautiful sunny summer day. The temperature is warm and comfortable. You’re driving with the window down singing lustily along with the cheery song on the radio on the way to pick up a few groceries for the house. In your minds eye, picture a line of cars with…
Write To Life
I’ve been a writer my whole life. From an early age, I loved to write. I can still recall the first poem I ever wrote when I was in second grade. It was for a school assignment but it ignited a fire in me that nothing can quench. It read: There was some red In…
Healing Through Writing
These last two Saturdays I attended a writing workshop held by a friend I just met. The workshop was called “Self Discovery: Healing Through Writing”. It was a first for me. So many times I’ve seen workshops and seminars and things I would like to attend for the knowledge and the networking and I never…
Epsom Salt Baths Heal The Soul
Epsom salts are known for helping with joint pain. They also have other healing properties if you are an empath. It’s been a hard rough week for me. Arthritis pain has been running at a higher level than I’m prepared to deal with on a daily basis. I’ve had a ninety-minute writing seminar online every…
The Journey To The Empath Part 3
(Find the first part of my journey here.) Upon learning I am an empath I went into isolation for a while. I didn’t know who to trust. Finally, I reached out and gained a handful of people who gave me the support system I need. Ultimately, though, I had to figure out my life and…
The Journey to the Empath part 2
(Read part 1 of my empath journey here.) In Spring 2012 I was researching narcissism because my siblings and I had diagnosed my mother with this disorder. It was an eye-opening discovery and answered for me a lot of questions I had about my self-esteem issues. As I was searching, a very significant article jumped…
The Journey To The Empath Part 1
I didn’t always know that I am an empath. I never even heard the term until I watched Deanna Troi in Star Trek The Next Generation. Even then I didn’t identify with it because my senses don’t work like hers. I don’t focus on a person and instantly read their thoughts and emotions. Maybe if…
I Woke Up Again
Today I woke up again. I don’t mean I woke up out of bed from a night of sleep. I mean I am aware of my life again. At my age you would think that I would have a better handle on life, be more aware of all the different aspects of my life. After…
Cookie! Please Don’t Kill George!
My adorable furbaby is a very intelligent Jack Russell Terrier. Cookie is my baby. My spoiled child. PCOS made conceiving a child a near impossibility for me. I would have liked to have had a child of my own, but it wasn’t to be. And, in retrospect, it probably was a blessing for all the…