Tag: peace

I still have stories to tell

I often tell people I work a full time job and write on the side. Because, well, that is the absolute truth. The long and short of it is I just don’t know if I could sit at a computer and write all day EVERY day. I need the movement I get from the full […]

Seekers

My little abode is a little less brighter today. You see, yesterday I packed away all of the Christmas decorations. Down came the tree with its multitudes of decorations, all glittery and wonderfully themeless. Down came the stockings and garland. Down came the wreaths and all the tchotchkes. Most importantly, down came all of the […]

New year, same old messy life

If the past few months have taught me anything, it is this: LIFE, even with the best intentions and plans, IS MESSY. Like the Christmas hymn reminds us…. the weary world is in sin and error pining for something better, something more. It seems no matter where one looks these days, there is hatred and […]

Love whispers

Unless you are living under a rock, you would know that Christmas, one of the celebrations that is central to much of the Western world, happened yesterday. Advent is over, the four weeks of hope, peace, joy and love culminating in the final night of light. But that doesn’t mean the themes should be neatly […]

Extraordinary in Joy

We live in a world where often joy is sucked away by others, even if we try hard to keep it. Gatekeepers shoo away any of those who want to be part of fandoms of all sorts because they aren’t “enough.” Unhappy people say snide comments meant to deflate the bubbles of elation. Look at […]

Waiting for peace

It was a year ago that the other half and I were stuck in a period of waiting. We were in the process of closing on our first house, this tiny abode in our little swath of the Midwest. The waiting period was anything but peaceful, as there were stresses, a portion of the roof […]

Surrounded by Love

This was just a simple story I wrote about part of a family that lived inside my head when I was a child and teenager, who once lived in a fictional city called Mesa, California. As stated in the disclaimer above, I originally posted this on a blog called Short Stories…. but I want all […]

Continuing the journey

We are in a season of Advent once more. In the Northern Hemisphere, the days are shorter and the nights grow long. In my little swath of the Midwest, snow and chilly weather abound, creating havoc at times. Read any newspaper or even scroll through the comments on social media and it seems that joy, […]

From grief to hope

It’s the first of December and the front room of my little house is in disarray. There are totes everywhere, half opened and partially rummaged through. Fall decorations sit on the floor. My Christmas tree is up and decorated (and then at times partly undecorated by the felines). I have a few lights in the […]