When I Started Using God as an ATM – Wind Harp pt. 4

When I Started Using God as an ATM During college, I was home for a weekend when my parents happened to be cleaning out the attic space above the garage. Everyone was in bed for the night, and I sat in the kitchen in the company of my parents’ past. Dusty boxes piled the floor …

When People Stopped Being People – Wind Harp pt. 3

When People Stopped Being People My sister has long said one of her favorite things about me is that I talk to the people behind the cash register at places with cash registers – grocery stores, department stores, restaurants, etc.  After observing a five-minute exchange with a Kroger cashier called Barbara, my sister said to …

Wind Harp – Pt. 1

Foreword – When I Prayed for a Song The day my life exploded I begged God for one thing. I didn’t beg Him to let me skip the pain that would most certainly follow; I didn’t plead for my person or relationship back; I didn’t ask Him for my job back; I didn’t ask Him …

Cheers To The New Year

Happy New Year! It’s 2018 and you know what that means. New Year = New You, right? Resolutions, goals, memberships, meal plans, and more plans! We hear and make all kinds of professional and personal commitments, all in the name of living a better life in the exciting new year of countless opportunities. Why do …

Guard Your Mind

Guard your mind, no one else can or will We do not really need to wait for the New Years to follow good resolutions, appropriate behavior or strategies for a happy life. These are some things that should be practiced all year round to yield unlimited joy of living. But, when a new day in …

Dearest Wallflower

Dearest Wallflower Don’t let your leaves wilt away Your leaves use to be green, greener than the blades of grass Yellow dusted pedals boldly lived long as the sunshine shot beams of warm nurtured care Rays of sunshine take the sky in whole beautifully Specks aluminate the baby soft sky, Clouds pillow together hugs briskly …

Dear old year, thank you!

Dear old year, thank you! It is that time of the year, when there are celebrations, colors, lights and smiles all around. After a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends, December is right here with us, bringing excitement to our hearts and celebrations to our minds. As we hunt around for the perfect Christmas gifts …

H is for Hypocrisy

H is for Hypocrisy The flag is NOT to be displayed on the horizontal yet the fake news about #takeaknee being disrespectful to it is constitutional Nor worn as apparel or carried as a purse yet theses Right Wingers do that to it and worse They call themselves Fiscal Conservatives and say on that you …

Opinion?

Do we really need to have an opinion over everything, every time? It is good to have an opinion, it is beneficial to have a say over things around us. Opinions, suggestions, ideas, advice all add to the bigger picture of analysis. It comes across as a mode to help others. As we offer our …