The Changeover

I probably have written a piece or two about change prior to this, but it is indeed a topic worth repeating.  Change is the cornerstone for transformation.  Although uncomfortable, it opens doors to new opportunities.   For me, my instant reaction was usually a dramatic gasp followed by crippling fear.    Routine is comforting.  It…

Wake Up!

My high school reunion is fast approaching.  I don’t mind sharing that it has been thirty years since I walked across the stage to claim my diploma.  With that being said, I am quick to say I am grateful to be where I am in life.  I remember entering high school, I was eager for…

Stirring the Pot

When I write my blog, it is more therapy for me than anything else.   Putting my fingers to the keys provides me with an outlet that, while mainly for my benefit, is hopefully beneficial to others as well.  Yesterday, I wrote a blog regarding the exclusion of special needs children in our local Catholic…

Egg Shells

I really try not to linger on my soap box.   Since I have a great deal of opinions, it better suits those around me to keep them to myself…..most of the time.  However, I can no longer remain silent over my feelings of exclusion. Yesterday, I heard a very well respected man share his…

The Projection

As a mother, I only want my boys to be happy.   It is with great restraint that I don’t project my opinions or advice onto them unless I am asked.  Even then, I tread lightly because in my experience, they may ask, but they really don’t want to hear it.     We often…

The Measuring Stick

I think we have jumped aboard the crazy train.   It is baffling that we have allowed Facebook or any other social media out there, to dictate our worthiness.    Recently, I defriended a hand full of people.  Mostly, because their was either no interaction with them or they were inserting themselves into everything.  Either…

Breathing Space

I use to  wonder when I became so clutter with excess obligations, then I realize that it is because I continued to say “Yes” to everything asked of me.    It isn’t that I am unwilling to be of service, it is that my service to others begins with me.   You see, if I…

Reminder

Sometimes it is easy to forget that despite all the negativity there is real goodness.   For me, I grew up believing the worst in everything.   Never looking deeper than the image before me.  Of course, I am not going to blame it on my parents or my childhood, but realizing that it simply…

Curiosity

We are all trapped in our own way of thinking.  Truth be told, we are programmed that way.  Sometimes, to reach out of my comfort zone, means to expand my curious nature.  As a writer, I am naturally interested in other people’s views.  I recently had a conversation with a friend who also parents a…

Time Share

I have referred to my mind as a bad neighborhood or a chronically bad movie, but more recently I am more aware of it becoming a time share.   There are three occupants……..the past, the present, and the future.   The past and the future are occupying this time share more than the present.  Hence,…