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Living in the truth
Forgive me, dear readers. I started this blog with the desire to reflect and write about the message behind the painful experiences and dreadful events that life sometimes throws at us. As mentioned...
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A Picnic on the hill
The following short story is my submission to Romantic Friday Writers Challenge #43 which I heard about from Andy. I'm not really a romantic person but thought I'd give it a try. So here goes...It was...
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Right in the middle
I’ve been nursing some ill thoughts since the weekend. A work meeting with colleagues didn’t go so well and despite all my efforts, I went home feeling my best wasn’t enough. Being left with the short...
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Won't you come and sit with me?
There are days when we’d rather not get out of bed and wonder if heaven can give us an extra hour or two to stay in and wander off to Dreamland. There are times when we sense an extra heavy weight on...
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Table for two
I'm giving the Romantic Friday Writers Challenge another try. This week's theme: I should have kissed you. Here goes...He looked at himself in the mirror, all suited up and ready for his date. It has...
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Perspective
I remember looking down the famous Old Clock Tower in Prague some years ago and thinking to myself how small and insignificant everyone looked from above. From the tower, I could see the castles and...
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Into the wide wild world
Most of us look forward to Fridays. It's the day of the week when we take life more slowly. We throw caution to the wind and we breathe, relax, live. Lisa Jo's word on her Five Minute Friday however...
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It's my SITS Day!
Welcome... what a powerful word for people looking for a place to rest, relax and just be oneself.A little over a year ago, I started blogging and wondered if I was up for this uncertain road. I'm not...
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Baby thoughts
I visited a friend the other day. As my visit was unexpected, I witnessed what seemed to be an ordinary day for a young mother, who apparently was still clueless to the task that awaited her each...
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Birthday madness
Happy birthday to Denise Covey and Donna Hole, creator and co-host of RFW respectively. To celebrate, this week's theme for Romantic Friday Writers (RFW) Challenge is birthday madness. Don't know if...
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Ten things I wish I learned early in life
I think there comes a stage in our life when we recall the many things that make us into the persons we are today. We realize that despite the pain, the loneliness or the discomfort these experiences...
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Three reminders when running
My lack of physical activity these past few weeks reminded me of a post I wrote last year about a sport I've always enjoyed. I'm revisiting it here for Sandra's Old Post Resurrection Hop.When you run...
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Cobwebs of my mind
Cobwebs – who likes them? They’re dirty, musty and the more you brush them off, the more they stick to you. They are like the thoughts we brush away from our mind; those limp, fragile thoughts that...
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Book Review: Water's Edge
When a door closes, a window opens. This is the premise of Whitlow’s story when Tom Crane suddenly finds himself jobless. Forced by circumstances, he returns home not realizing that the trip would...
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The Homecoming
It's been a while since I joined Carrie's blog hop but the photo prompt this week reminded me of many airport memories, both happy and sad. Without a doubt, I knew I had a story for this one....
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A Lesson from bulls
Another picture prompt, this time from Nicole. I'm not sure if it's the building or the flowers on the window sill or simply the calm and quiet ambience of this picture, but I just couldn't resist......
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It's a party!
Do you enjoy parties? Many people do but I guess I’m one of those who prefer small gettogethers with people whom I know and feel comfortable. Parties are always fun events. There’s a lot of food,...
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Beginnings
Back in 2003, a friend gifted me with a picture of Vincent van Gogh’s “Starry Night” painting which my sister framed and put up on my living room wall. It was one of the first few objects that...
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Book Review: Soul Reader
The adage “to whom much is given, much is expected” is Ward’s dilemma in the book Soul Reader. What does he do with his gift? And can he do what is expected of him?Troubled by the murder of his father,...
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Numbers
In the beginning I was just ONEBorn in a hospital full of people I didn’t know A small and helpless little babe I wasCried my heart out, what did anyone care?But someone cared and they brought me...
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