Second Life
A few months ago, I was inspired to try my hand at some poetry. “Second Life” Years before, but not forgotten, Young fun and folly savored, ’til one day, A warm embrace, welcomes me home. Passion erases the memories missed, as; Second life desires to hope. Asleep no more, alert, I take a chance, To care, to dream, to play. Back to life, my heart beats again, In tune to an open soul; I hear it whisper, Embrace it, cherish it, love it.
Read MoreForeign Travel, An American Requirement
I recently found that Mark Twain supported my theory that foreign travel(Canada doesn’t count) should be a requirement of all American-born citizens. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on those accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.” Having seen the corruption in China where citizens are told where they will live and in Egypt where there is a clear disregard for public sanitation and trash cans, I’m grateful for the craziness that is the American system. Is our system perfect? No. But without foreign travel, I may have never seen beyond the Republican vs....
Read MoreTen Things Single Women Over 35 Hate to Hear
Disclaimer: I’m a little bitter right now. 1. As soon as you stop looking he’ll show up. A classic that’s been tried and tested. I stopped looking for guys in favor of Buffy, Angel and Spike, so clearly he’s not on my Tivo playlist. 2. You have to put yourself out there. Which is it folks? Put yourself out there or stop looking. This is just confusing. 3. You’re better off anyway. There might be some truth to this one, but it comes across as condescending, and totally turns off a 35 NBM girl. 4. I know someone of someone of someone who met a great guy on match. Sorry kids, but that’s just a numbers game, plain and simple. I might as well as play PowerBall and settle with my chances of winning the big one. . 5. You’re so...
Read MoreAlone or Love?
After a lack luster season, Grey’s delivered a finale that made me pause to ponder the question: Is it better to be alone than to risk catastrophic damage in which we’re never the same? Love makes us vulnerable and dependent, we like it, it feels good, it’s a drug we want more of. But when we’re drugged to enjoy the high, can we survive when we no longer have the fix? Isn’t easier to just say “no” to be alone and say not me, I’m not gonna risk it? Maybe, maybe, not, I really don’t know. I do know that no one truly wants to be alone, yet it’s not always a choice....
Read MoreWho’s Walking Out of Your Life?
I’ve always believed that fate and a higher power brings people in our lives, but it’s up to us to determine how we nurture that relationship, or not. As I get older, I’ve found that it’s more imperative than ever to tightly hold on and cherish these people for who they are and who we are when we’re with them. We’re bombarded with work, family, commutes, and countless other obligations, and it’s easy to just let people go, to say next week, next month until we eventually forget and have replaced them with the unfulfilling and often melancholy noise of the world.Yet it’s the people in our lives that shape us, change us, make us better, and understand us for us. They travel with us on this challenging, but rewarding...
Read MoreLife Lessons Learned from Buffy
One hundred episodes, seven seasons, 43 minutes an episode adds up to one year of Buffy watching. This weekend, I came to the end of my Buffy adventures, and said good-bye to Buffy, Zander, Willow, Giles and ex-villain, turned-good vampire, Spike. As the world waited to discover if a crazy dude in California’s predictions of the world ending were going to come true, I curled up in my big chair and half and escaped to Sunnydale where Buffy and team were on their own mission to save the world from the apocalypse. In case you haven’t seen the series, I won’t tell you if they save the world or not, but I will share a few life lessons I learned during my journey through the mystical world of superheroes, demons and vampires. 1. Good always...
Read More89 Candles Burn Bright
Today, my grandmother, Nina Dee, celebrates her 89th birthday. We call her Nina Dee because that’s her name and when she became a grandmother in her early 40′s she didn’t want such an antiquated title as grandmother. This title stuck through four grandchildren until 1977 when her 5th grandchild was born. No matter the title, this woman is the strongest woman I know. Despite an aging body, she’s sharp as a tack and nothing gets by her. She says, she’s glad to have lived during the time she did, but in today’s world I suspect she would’ve been a lot like me: a strong, independent, adventurous woman taking advantage of every opportunity that came her way. From her genes, I got a passion for travel, to see the world and...
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