All religions teach forgiveness. My family had its share of anger, resentment, and violence. It was hard for me to understand why God wanted me to worry about my faults when I had deep trauma inside due to the actions of another. I did not understand what God wanted. I thought I was required toContinue reading “Forgiveness Does Not Absolve the Other Person”
Category Archives: Insightful Stories
Cancer: Battle With Lymphoma
The aging man lay next to the mature woman, his leg wrapped around hers, his arm lying over the top of her body with his fingers gently touching her thigh. She felt all the emotion of his thoughts as he breathed in and out. She was transported to a place she never known with another. Continue reading “Cancer: Battle With Lymphoma”
Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 1
What do I really see? Well, I have come a long way from where I began, but frequently. I see a program full of source code that reads like pre-installed crapware.
Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 2
It IS my dream. MY dream. epiphany – a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience. © 2016 Dictionary.com, LLC. A few months ago, in my broken state of being, I succumbed to staying at home and feelingContinue reading “Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 2”
Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 3
Me-gitimacy pronunciation & definition: [mee-jit-uh-muh-see] – noun the state or quality of me deriving by reasoning, or concluding based on evidence that I am of genuine or authentic character. Back at the Beginning From the time each of us was born, we were taught by those around us. First our parents and siblings, next friends outside theContinue reading “Finding Me-gitimacy: Episode 3”
17 Minutes to Launch
I begged my Mama to tell me my birth story over and over as I grew up. She always told me the exact same story. On a wonderful, summer Thursday morning back in the 60’s, Mama and Daddy sat down to eat breakfast. Well, Daddy sat and Mama worked; cooking the eggs, sausage, toast, andContinue reading “17 Minutes to Launch”
A Snow Day with Peanut
Snow Day! Most kids love to play in the first good snow, but with temperatures below 10 degrees, this Grammy said, “Nooooooooooooo!” Peanut got here about 8:00 a.m. We started with a breakfast of sausage and scrambled eggs with orange juice. Yum! Of course, this Grammy just ate a boiled egg with coffee. We decided toContinue reading “A Snow Day with Peanut”
Alonely
Most of her waking existence, the word “alonely” has been her reality. Yes you read that correctly, it’s not a typo. A-L-O-N-E-L-Y. It is a state of being she has inadvertently chosen, yet not completely felt comfortable wearing. Often encircled by wonderful friends, yet she is somehow absolutely by her…SELF. Alonely sings to her in throughout sleep and wakefulness. It hums the monotone song that she is missing something. StrangeContinue reading “Alonely”
Hope: I Want to Feel Normal Again
A Chapter from my life that explains my attitude toward my cancer. For me, life changing events are part of living and to successfully navigate our existence, I must always find the glass half full. I have always searched for normalcy, and I have finally discovered the path to joy. Love yourself and others. Notice the beautiful thingsContinue reading “Hope: I Want to Feel Normal Again”
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