Going Back

No matter if you’re waist-high in debt, your house is upside down or you hate your job, but stay out of fear you won’t find another one that offers you four weeks of vacation, the economy sucks. I’m just hanging on. I haven’t made it big with my blog ramblings and though I still have my book to write, which will probably lead to a liable suit from my ex-boyfriend in which all profits I do make will go to my legal team; I’m not banking on that to bail me out of recession Hell, just jail! I’m one of the underemployed and work diligently to pick up projects here there and everywhere. Yes, I even sometimes refer to myself as the “job whore” and I often wonder how low I will go to maintain my modest inside the beltway...

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Rites of Pasaage or Rite of Liberation

High school, college graduation, first boyfriend, first heartbreak, first car, marriage and kids are all rites of passage most Americans manage through or for some suffer through. Growing up, however, I never questioned that I wouldn’t partake of these standard, yet extraordinary rites of passage. Dare I say that I felt entitled to experience each rite of passage? Lately, I’ve come to realize that these age-defining moments are not to be assumed. Nope. I’ve come to accept that kids, at least those that derive from my womb just may not happen. It’s a struggle many single-women in their 30′s must face and ultimately accept. We accept that the odds for us conceiving, giving birth and having someone call us mom is not in our favor. Yes,...

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Vampires Know Chivalry

It took two years post-Twilight for the vampire craze to bite me, but now I’m just as giddy for vampires as a 14 year girl waiting in line for the first showing of New Moon. My guilty pleasure; however is not for Bella and Edward, but the Salvatore brothers of The Vampire Diaries. It seems these boys, men in vampire years, know a thing or two about chivalry. Chivalry in case you’ve forgotten is courtesy, honor and gallantry toward a woman. Qualities the Salvatore brothers mastered in the 18th century before they were turned into vampires. Qualities that despite their lust for blood and endless journey through 160 years of history are still very much in tact. I think it’s the chivalrous charm of these brothers that’s turned me into an all...

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