Do you remember your first kiss? I thought I did…but the more I thought about it as I watched Regis and Kelly, sipping my tea, wiping the sleep out of my eyes this morning I remembered that there had been an attempt at a kiss before that first ‘real’ kiss. It was in the early 70’s and I was walking... Sign in to see full entry.
I'm not only a people watcher I also listen to people whether they are aware or not. On one such occasion a pot smoker rattled off his rendition of nursery rhymes and I took note. 'The Wicked Witch was still drunk from the night before and kind of hungry so she ate the poison apple. The handsome... Sign in to see full entry.
I just have to get this off my chest…cough, cough. Why is it that I can walk to any corner liquor store and purchase a deadly concoction called liquor and drink to my hearts content…I just can’t drive when I am content like this though? And why is it that if I walked to a certain street corner and... Sign in to see full entry.
I just want to float away Without a care With out responsibility Landing on some island Of dreams Safe and forever Beautifully blind. Sign in to see full entry.
Do you remember those punching bags that our parents bought us with Bozo or Bobo the clown pictured on the punching bag? Remember how we children could punch the heck out of those smiley clowns and they’d just pop up for more, still smiling? Then, of all things, the following weekend you’d have Bozo... Sign in to see full entry.
I try, I try and I really, really try over and over and over again. But I remain the same, in the same place…so what was it I was trying so hard to do? Nothing has changed and yet the amount keeps adding up in my mind. The years add up too and they are heavy with un-precious metals. The weight is... Sign in to see full entry.
I thought I’d never stop hearing this word as my two toddlers hung on my skirt hem asking questions or just whining. And I was correct. To this day I turn and look whenever I hear ‘mom’ whether it be in a grocery store, a department store, or on my morning walks. Sometimes I still wake up in the... Sign in to see full entry.
Risk must be taken because the greatest hazard of life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow, live, and love." Leo Buscaglia Sign in to see full entry.
I’d started drinking coffee religiously to bring the fullness back to my breasts. My breasts flat and lifeless had become a part of my body that his fingers no longer recognized, grazing over them and quickly scampering away because they had become strangers to him. The hospital took my boobs away... Sign in to see full entry.
It’s kind of awesome that my grand daughter called me on super Tuesday wanting to know if I voted for Hillary? “Why princess?’ I curiously inquired of my 4 th grade grand princess. ‘Because if Hillary wins this will mess up our plans.’ ‘What plans?’ “Remember, grandma you told me that I would be the... Sign in to see full entry.