Women Our collective voice wields power Don’t try and break our chain for we were shacked for too long Our desire for equality cries out There is no denying our contributions Curie, Parks, Nightengale, Thatcher Winfrey, Pankhurst, Roosevelt, The Queen Don’t silence us Don’t put us down For as the sun and phoenix rise […]
“Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.’ ‘Does it hurt?’ asked the Rabbit. ‘Sometimes,’ said the Skin Horse, for he was always […]
Lent is a time of reflection for many Christians, as they look back on and celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ. For Christians, this is a way to remember the time Jesus spent 40 days and nights alone in the desert, being tempted by Satan. Ash Wednesday is the start of Lent, which is […]
Since the beginning of the year I have started my journey into understanding the Grace afforded us by God. In Second Corinthians 12, we find Paul pleading with God to take away his weakness yet God responds to him saying, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” God […]
Pretty big topic! Relationships is defined as the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. Reading this I would venture to guess you didn’t well up with any kind of emotion – positive or negative. But you sit with the word, you conjure the […]
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’…I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough […]
“To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen I have a confession to make, I’m a traveler at heart. Sometimes I fantasize about wandering the globe with my journal and my camera, staying in Italy a month, off to Australia for half the year then slowly hopping my way around the world. But life has […]
Ready to Ride! Many years ago I took my son to the beach to surf and snapped this photo. It was a cold morning and he was pumped to get out there in his wet-suit to enjoy the ocean he so loved. We had moved to the beach from the mountains of Virginia so the […]
New Horizon” target=”_blank”>The photo challenge this week was challenging you to think ahead and show your work in a representative photo. Rather than a resolution I felt compelled to show something that you want to achieve — a rebirth of me! 2017 I hope will take me from a chrysalis to a butterfly. I […]
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next. – Mignon McLaughlin I’ve been busy but truth be told I believe I have been stuck. There have been times in my life where my musings have come quite easily and I can clearly articulate them whether it […]
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