“Becoming” and me
Politics aside, I find the Obama family story to be riveting. It is a story of firsts on many different …
Tag Archives: self-reflection
From the wish list to the shopping cart
When I was a young girl, the stereotype that girls love to shop was commonplace, sexist as it sounds now. …
What is it to be content
Originally posted on Real Life of an MSW:
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are…
The voices children hear
As I turned the corner, pushing my cart down the next aisle in search of pickled vegetables, I heard highly agitated …
Remnants of life
Life is quiet again, at last. No more sorting, carrying, loading and unloading boxes and bags filled with the remnants …
Writing is child’s play
Many thanks to platosgroove for the comments on my last post: “Maybe I’m a writer a little bit. Just need …
Making peace with my glasses
I didn’t start to wear glasses until I was about 20 years old and that was only for distance. As …
In awe of words that blend like the colors of a rainbow
There’s a poem inside me That yearns to escape. Insistent to be free Like a child at play. Words …
Did you ever wish you had chosen a different name for your blog?
Sometimes I long to bare my soul, but am faced with trepidation because my name is in the title of …
If you could look back at yourself, what would you say?
During the Nightly News interview that aired yesterday, Cynthia McFadden asked Hillary Clinton a fascinating question – if Hillary could …
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