Aunt Callie

Echoes of a time past. Echoes that came as whispers in the night. When all is still and the noise of the light has subsided. Thirty year old echoes rushing from a swirling vortex of what might have been. The silence is broken as I am transported through time to a place that I thought was long gone.... Sign in to see full entry.

Have you ever heard a whisper late at night? You jump up, startled, expecting to see someone there. If you're fortunate, you will realize that what you heard was your heart speaking to you. It was hoping that perhaps when all is quiet that you might be able to better hear it calling to you. We... Sign in to see full entry.

The view is so invigorating from this vantage point. A kaleidoscope of beautiful images. My breath is taken away. I compare it to the first time that I ever looked through a viewmaster. It left me wide-eyed and amazed. The colors and the sounds are so vivid. I now take flight. I am less afraid this... Sign in to see full entry.

November 2007, Thanksgiving weekend. My son had been recovering at a good pace from the auto accident. The Friday after Thanksgiving just a little over a year from the last tragedy, my phone rings once again with bad news regarding my son. The voice said "I have bad news". Your son was robbed last... Sign in to see full entry.

I've been trying to collect my thoughts and believe me, that's not so easy to do these days. I moved to this area in July, I reside in one of the suburbs. I left Missouri from an extended stay of about 3 to 4 years. Nothing feels like home anymore, I'm not sure that it ever has. I had chosen to move... Sign in to see full entry.

On a mountain top, I stood searching for my life's meaning. I looked down below into a valley, a valley deep, a valley beyond description. There I saw pieces of my life floating about, shattered and broken, being blown about like dry leaves in the wind. I found myself surrounded by darkness,... Sign in to see full entry.

The things that were once so right are now so wrong and the things that were once so wrong are now so right. These things are written across the pages of the universe in the color of deep red and now wait in the graveyard of old anticipating the verdict of the masses. Sign in to see full entry.

Today my mind searches through the expanse of time. I am looking for answers to the questions that I never dared to ask aloud. Sign in to see full entry.

As I lifted the top from my secret box, thoughts of pleasure raced through my mind. I gently removed the laced handkerchief and carefully unfolded it. Contained within are my most precious memories of you. Memories that have been collected over time. Treasured memories of good times, bad times, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Do not let fear keep you where you've always been. I've also used that excuse that "I was never meant to be happy." That in reality was just a lie, a convenient excuse to give up and to stay where I'd always been. Don't be afraid to move forward into the light just because the darkness is so... Sign in to see full entry.