Choices Made & Prices Paid

As I said in a previous post, I have been pondering the concept of perseverance recently and despite my best efforts to live in the present I have found myself thinking, more and more, on the past and the roads I’ve traveled this last decade. It is human nature I guess, the need to play Monday …

Thursday’s Thoughts

  I think I’m going to continue sharing a thought or saying each day as it reflects on things I have seen or felt during my life. Yesterday we were talking about bullying and the effect others can have on you and your journey in this world. While not exactly the same the sayings I’ve …

Trip Down Memory Lane

Some memories you wish you could banish forever and others are so wonderful that the idea of encasing them in amber seems the most fitting tribute.  Sadly we too often concentrate on those memories that cause us pain which is why when I saw the I Challenge You writing prompt for Nostalgia I was immediately …

Not So Funny – Facebook Ban for Mother

  Once again I am taking a little departure from the weekend of funny but it is for good reason as I am sure you will agree.  There is little in this world that causes me any great surprise when it comes to acts of rampant stupidity and ignorance but THIS just beats all for …

If I Could Turn Back Time

Harsh ReaLity, a blog run by OM suggested the idea of writing about the things we regret or mistakes we would go back and change if we could.  There are so many things that with the benefit of hindsight you would go back and change, some small others large but for me there is one …

How Perspectives Change – A Past Poetic Endeavour

This is from what you may kindly call my “Dark Phase”.  What is just a little upsetting – other than the emo factor I invoked – was that I truly believed this to be something that was positive in nature. Seeing Through The Glass Darkly Sometimes the darkness calls to usAnd the light seems far from sightThere comes a time for …