Like a bullet, it flew between my zombie eyes and my computer screen. Mind overloaded, an article overdue and the list of things required to accomplish, a mile high. Waking as if in daze, I find a well-folded paper airplane landing before my face, almost tauntingly still, glaring up at me, from my keyboard. I turn […]
Imagine, a boyfriend (Or girlfriend, if your a guy reading this) who was everything you dreamed of. They were perfect in every way. They were what dreams were made of; beautiful, embodying every trait or gift you desire in a mate. They were smart, capable, beautiful from the top of their head to the tip of […]
“Addicted.” It’s the word a podcast used, one I listened while curling up in my bed late one night. “If you open Facebook before you say ‘hi’ to your family in the morning…addicted.” “If Facebook is the last thing you read at night….addicted.” “If you even sometimes wake in the middle of the night, just to […]
It’s easy to become blind. Wars. Rumors. Hate. So many things keeping faces locked in cell phones, people dazed on sitcom’s, binge watching t.v. series that do nothing for us… Unwilling to escape. Let’s face it, the world can seem bleak when we actually see hardships and disillusionment… And cheesy humor, selfies, or intentional chosen ignorance […]
My son and husband will be digging a grave this morning. I never thought I’d say that. I never imagined something so temporary could leave us, so quickly. In an instant. Without bells or notice. And why is it, in just seconds, our world can change, and the thing taken for granted, is the very thing…our […]
White has been blanketing the ground for days. Like grace, falling softly, undeserved on the surrounding lands and hills. Quiet radiates. Loved ones feet crunch upon the earth. Soil and snow mix, dirt and white mesh with every step. The cold bites deep, like sin stinging morrow buried somewhere inside us. I grab my down, feather […]