In our house... Video games: privilege! Staying up later to finish watching a movie: privilege! Getting an extra 10 minutes to finish the chapter: privilege! Staying home from school...just because: privilege! Extra dessert: privilege! In this house talking is not a privilege! It is a right! We encourage it...we provoke it...we demand it...we celebrate it...we …
Tag: kindness
Truckin’
The Wretched Thing has opened a Box of Rain... The wheel is turning...better watch your speed... I know My rider...it dances...just like a Willies in 4 wheel drive... It's a buck...Dancer's choice...come hear! I have a Touch of Grey! I will get by! I will survive! Learning by Example! ...Sometimes the lights are all shining …
Blue Dream…
I sit and watch the morning sun. The birds are chirping. It is warm. Comfortable. Sometimes I pretend that you are beside me. I can sense peace in your words...love in your heart...kindness... I smile. Mostly I cry. Learning by Example Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and …
Practicing goodness…With a little help from my friends…
I've been trying something new...I decided to give courage a try...I have started talking with people again...even strangers! I know how ridiculous that may sound but for 10 very long years I've been hiding behind giant impenetrable walls stewing in my own bitter anger...ashamed of my failures! Doing the least I could do... It turns …
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The Mind Killer
Fear. The killer of dreams and the destroyer of hope. It's icy grasp choking my voice and blinding me to the indifference I kept between us. I built my defenses with walls forged from anger. Using humor as sword and shield I carved a swath to a Pyrrhic victory. I stood above my foe and laughed …
The Eclectic Family 