One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books has always been The Lorax, and it has inspired all sorts of artistry in me over the years, tree-hugging, pseudo-hippie-freak, liberal environmentalist and conservationist, and reincarnated dryad that I am. It’s always been incredibly important to me to instill the same love of nature in my children. [...]
“If you judge people, you have no time to love them. ” ~ Mother Theresa Today there are thousands (millions?) of people wearing purple. And there are probably far more people who are upset about it for one reason or another. And that makes me angry. It truly doesn’t matter how you feel about who [...]
Tired of the fighting “Girl, shut up and sit down now!” Inside the heart weeps
I’m tired of only talking when the future doesn’t wait for you and I to decide it’s time to take the world head-on We all agree that famine’s awful and that starving people die but it doesn’t feed one single child as we place our reservations since no one wants to wait Innocence trolls the [...]
Today is TWLOHA (To Write Love On Her Arms) Day. The Mission of TWLOHA (taken directly from their website) is: “To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to [...]
Ok… so, I have this friend… A fairly new friend actually. One of those friend-of-a-friend deals. So, I don’t know this guy REALLY well, but I think I’d like to keep him and his wife as friends. They’re fun people, they live nearby, and we share common friends and interests. There’s a fine line that [...]
There’s something that’s really been bugging me recently. I’d say for at least 3~4 years now (minutes actually, but who’s counting?). It’s this library thing. Does no one see that the entire library system is nothing more than a back~door entry into the socialism that is slowly creeping over our nation, infecting the minds and [...]
I am yet again, in the midst of a political debate on my FB wall. I LOVE social media. I tend to be the type of person that will say something just to make people think; I exaggerate to the extent that there are always those who call into question my faith. And while I’ll [...]
School is a murky playground full of children~ in bratty sibling rivalry The Hatfields & McCoys enjoyed the company of the blood-red wounds of decapitated Antoinettes gone without a worthy cause… ~~~ 20 april 1999 (written the day of the Columbine Shooting)
to live in a world free of fear where confidence remains un-shattered knowing this solace will always be here and relinquishing what doesn’t matter where truth and honesty far surpass faux security and courage long fractured manipulative politics can’t outlast this dream that we’ve far from captured this american dream we reinvent from a cliche [...]
