There’s an old AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) slogan I learned many years ago, “you have to give it away to keep it.” The reference was to sobriety, but it applies to most everything. I can describe the phrase as karma, generosity, tithing, and selfless giving. Detailed in my article titled “Ricochet” is a similar example of this theory. ...

Ricochet: a verb meaning to bounce off something at an angle.  When it comes to firearms, a ricochet can be dangerous and deadly. When it comes to life, it can go either way. A verbal “bullet” will always be deflected in one way or another. A bad relationship can ricochet emotional baggage into every relationship ...

Where I live, the full moon is spectacular. Its brilliance lights up the countryside. It gives the landscape a bright, luminous glow. It was 4:00 a.m. when I woke to the sounds of rustling in the front field from the nearby brush. I looked out my window, what a sight. The moonbeams fell upon a ...

A Kassandra Tale My eyes first fell upon her when she was walking home from school. Her brown hair was swaying in the autumn breeze. Her brother held on to her hand tight. I sensed the protectiveness beating off him, like Honeysuckle drifting in the air. I knew then; she was special. A month later I went ...

Everyone has been told at least once in their life to have faith. This can mean so many different things depending on one’s personal beliefs. For me, it is what I live my life by. Having grown up in a very traditional Catholic family, I don’t remember not having God as the center of my ...

So, I made it. I survived. I made it through surgery with flying colors. All the worrying I did was for nothing! Although I am sore and exhausted, it was worth it. I wasn’t feeling very confident just two weeks ago. I was terrified. I am embarrassed to admit that I thought I was going ...

When I started this journey into becoming a full-time writer, I have to admit, I didn’t really have a real direction or purpose other than to write. I had grown increasingly tired (fed up) with my career choice in information technology as I felt stagnate. This stagnation was the catalyst to finally switch gears and ...

Mercury Retrograde is many people’s worst astrological nightmare. It has been blamed for tickets being lost, computers crashing, emails being lost somewhere in the cloud, and miscommunications between couples. What is Mercury Retrograde? It is the orbit of the planet in retrospect to the orbit of the earth. The earth rotates on its axis as ...

Surgery is never easy. No matter what type of surgery you are having, it can be stressful and scary. In just eight short days, I will be having a major surgery, a hysterectomy. In an attempt to ease some of my fears, and hopefully the fears of others, I decided to write a series of ...

I remember a time when things were perfect between us. Those days when we waited anxiously to see one another again. How when we were together, we were inseparable. It felt as though we could conquer anything together. We were soulmates. We would spend our days playing in rivers, lakes, and oceans where the cool ...