Craven Fear and Compliance

For how long will you allow your rights to be disregarded?

Netflix and the Obamas – Why the rumors of cancelled subscriptions?

It seems that some people are getting spicy about the former President and First Lady working with Netflix. There are rumors of people cancelling their subscriptions, but no movement has begun as of yet.. If you find yourself asking why some would be so upset, it is for this reason, The far reaching effects of …

Maybe, Just Maybe

I marvel as he continues to draw me even still, and it causes the flickers of hope to ignite within me that maybe,

Defunding Planned Parenthood

Have you called your senator, yet? I did. Session begins at 2pm. I told the staff member this: "I am calling to share my point of view as a citizen. Planned Parenthood has spun out of control. I do not think they should be funded by tax dollars. If private organizations want to keep it …

Celie…I can taste your tears.

Numb. I am numb. When I do feel, It is pain. Which rushes in like ocean waves And slam into me, Then ebb away Until again, I am numb. My fingers have no feeling. They are sticks extending from my palms. My tongue can taste no food. A useless organ taking up space In my …

Root Them Out

Today's thoughts.  I face painted a twin boy, once, whose twin had died. He was four or five. His mother told me in whispers that the brother died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head. His father in prison. He hit the child too hard in anger. It is difficult to convey …

No Man Gets To Break You

No Man Gets To Break You.

No Man Gets To Break You

I received communication today full of accusations regarding my divorce. The accusations stated blatantly that I did not care about my children. They accused me of not putting them first when my marriage was in dire straits. Of course the accusations were from a soul whose mind bore a one-sided perspective. I cared about my …

“We Are Going To Be Together!”

This morning on the radio, I listened as the staff surprised a mother and her children with Christmas gifts. Their story: They lost the father/husband to cancer a while back. If it wasn't tragic enough that this family had to bury the daddy, their mother was diagnosed with cancer. Though she fought it valiantly - …

Leadership

There were times, I am sure, when Fletcher Christian regretted his decision. Captain Bligh must have made things so miserable, that Christian felt he had no other recourse. He is remembered and quoted as saying, "I am in hell. I am in hell."  on that mutinous night. The diverse outcomes were ruinous for many. It …