The Original Posting – The Mom
And The Monsters Smile – Originally Posted October 2015
It is that time of year again. For me it is a time when the weather gets simply excruciating, when pumpkins are carved only to be thrown away and when the kids of each neighborhood get to dress up in their favorite hero or monster and roam the streets. It is a sweet holiday where small children learn the wonder of masses of quantities of candy and their parents limitations on sugar highs. CONTINUE READING…
The Eyes Have It – Originally Posted January 2015
I don’t have much in my life these days. I don’t have any money to speak of; I certainly don’t have a job, direction, or even a clue as to how I am going to survive until next week much less next year. I am a bipolar woman who spends the majority of her days all alone, just as I wish, but now has to go get a job. I am a person who is intelligent and for the most part doesn’t understand the vast majority of information that most seem to understand easily. CONTINUE READING…
Children Are Meant to Break Our Hearts – Originally Posted January 2013
The idea that children are meant to break mother’s hearts was once an insane idea to me. How in the world did I, in all my perfection, with a mother who adored me, possibly have the capability of breaking a mother’s heart? Shouldn’t the only thing a mother have is regard, true love and devotion, and maybe a dose of humor when speaking, thinking or even seeing their child? CONTINUE READING…
Unbearable Sorrow – Originally Posted December 2012
In this world of unfathomable pain, how do we reconcile the beauty of God’s soul with the tragedy of a lost child? The loss of innocence and beauty cannot be replaced with the hope of God’s great love, nor can it be easily understood in the words of scripture. CONTINUE READING…
Teaching A Child to Give – Originally Posted December 2012
I came across a really great idea for your children over the holidays. If you don’t have children, pass this along to someone who does. It is important to teach not only the joy and magic of receiving Christmas, but the absolute beauty of giving this time of year. CONTINUE READING…
The Girl In the Red Coat – Originally Published November 2012
Have you ever seen an image that was horrible, it took but a split second to register in your mind and change your day forever? Maybe for you it was art, for me it has always been art imitating life. Movies. CONTINUE READING…
Other Readings
Respecting My Own – July 2019
Being Better Then Me – November 2018
The Record – June 2018
And Sometimes, You Fail – May 2018
The Kinfolk – August 2016
A Mother’s Intelligence – June 2016
Madness of Motherhood – April 2016
Seeing Tigers – March 2016
Learning From Our Betters – November 2015
And the Monsters Smile – October 2015
Learning From Our Betters – November 2015
The Bail Fund – March 2015
A New Kind of Mom – March 2015
A Boy and A Girl – Originally Posted January 2015
The Hereditary Dreamer – Originally Posted January 2015
The Friend Magic – Originally Posted December 2014
The Dreaded Expectations of Motherhood – Originally Posted December 2014
A Mixture of Love – Originally Posted May 2014
Innocence of Acceptance – Originally Posted April 2014
Prada Mommas – Originally Posted April 2014
The Music to Dance – Originally Posted April 2014
Its Christmas Again – Originally Posted December 2013
A Soap Box Deux – Originally Posted December 2013
Sweet Annie – Originally Posted September 2013
Here Comes the Bullies – Originally Posted August 2013
A Soap Box – Originally Posted August 2013
Baby Fever Meets Reality – Originally Posted August 2013
Holding Onto Thoughts – Originally Posted August 2013
The Lessons – Originally Posted August 2013
Miracle Passage – Originally Posted July 2013
The Dog – Originally Posted July 2013
A Voice in the Insanity – Originally Posted July 2013
Mother, May I? – Originally Posted June 2013
The Great Change – Originally Posted May 2013
Walking Through Magic – Originally Posted April 2013
Magic Comes Again – Originally Posted April 2013
Boots Are Made for Walking – Originally Posted March 2013
Guilt – Originally Posted March 2013
Children Are Bad – Originally Posted March 2013
Dumbo’s Tears – Originally Posted March 2013
A Thousand Notes – Originally Posted February 2013
Who’s In Charge Here? – Originally Posted February 2013
Go Ahead, Punch Me Again – Originally Posted February 2013
Fear’s Breath – Originally Posted December 2012
Is it to Early for Magic? – Originally Posted November 2012
A Geek or A King – Originally Posted November 2012
Magic Words – Originally Posted October 2012
A Child’s Magic – Originally Posted October 2012
The Truth Ache 
truth ache is a term created by author jeff brown in his book Soulshaping.
I did not know that, thank you. It was just a grouping of words that appealed to me.