There are times in your life when you find you just have to sit back, keep silent and observe everything going on around you in wonder. This last week has been one of those points in time for me. The week brought me multiple opportunities to reconnect with people from my past. It allowed me…
When She Became Free…
Today’s post is not what I had first intended. Weekend events had prompted me to type up a different post for today but being the emotional person I am, instead I am going to open the door to another blogger with a stronger topic: becoming free. If you are a long term follower of this…
Forgiveness Isn’t Just For The Confessional
“Bless me Father…” Any good Catholic will automatically say the rest of it in their heads “…for I have sinned.” It is the formal opening lines for the sacrament of Penance. Of forgiveness. Forgiveness is important for us to move forward in our lives. We have to know that we are forgiven for our deeds…
Time Is A Friend To Nobody
Time is nobody’s friend. When we are young it moves too slowly. As we grow older it flies past us. When we are going through heartache or healing we are always told to “give it time”. The last thing we want to do is to wait. When we are young a week feels like a…
What A Topic!
I have received rude questions recently regarding the topics for my posts in this blog. Where do I find them? How do I know what to write about? Who or what determines the topic I choose to focus on for a particular day? Do I target a particular audience? As far as topic, there isn’t…
When Red Isn’t Scarlet or Rose
People underestimate the power of words. Individual symbols in black or red on a white background to a baby mean nothing at all. He never even recognizes the symbols as letters. To a young grade school student they mean homework to try to understand them. Someone who speaks a foreign language may recognize them as…
Escape? Show Me The Way!
Today there is no post ready for publication. Usually I try to have them ready in advance but this week has been abnormally busy. And I made a few new discoveries, although they were not happy ones. I have been working hand in hand with a woman who has been the victim of mental and…
If She Stays In Her Marriage, Support Her Anyway
Many of us know of someone in an abusive marriage. We watch from the sidelines in amazement wondering why she puts up with the abuse. Often we ask ourselves, and maybe even others around us, “Why does she stay?” (For ease of writing I will use a female victim through this post although men can…
Wandering The Diary Past
Oh, the things you learn when you look back at the diary entries of your past! Things you’ve written about take on an entirely new perspective through the eyes of an adult. This last week I’ve gone back to diaries I wrote when I was in high school and just out of school. So many…
Goodbye Baby Boy
People who do not have “furbabies” think we are crazy. They shake their head in wonderment when I speak to my “children” as if they are human. When I put a hand crocheted sweater on Cookie in the winter to take her for a ride they roll their eyes. When I talk to Bandit like…