Recently I was in a lunch with a few colleagues, talking about the plight of teens these days. The massive alter ego inside, the one that believes whatever pain I am going through supercedes anything else, spoke in defense of all the 20-somethings out there. What is this belief that teens have it bad? Oh, […]
Author: Lisa
One Day, One Day with No Rape
If there was one thing that I could memorize and deliver, it would be this speech. If I could write something powerful, it would resemble this. I want to cry with overwhelming inspiration because of the chilling symphony that parades up and down my back each and every time I read this. The holidays are […]
Let’s Light Up
Lighting up is awesome. Go Do This. Now.
Revving Up Old and New Engines
When a person is in therapy, there is a dismantling of problems that occur. From the dismantling, one can see connections between problems, the depth of rootedness, and what is springing forward in new vines. When a person is in therapy, there is a lot of work that needs to be done. Therapy, contrary to […]
J E A L O U S
Sometimes you just have to be honest. Seriously honest. And to be honest, I have to admit that I have jealousy bugs crawling over me all the freaking time. It’s not in earnest to be someone else. It’s jealousy when others have found HOW to be themselves and make a living out of it. Me? […]
You Won’t Sleep If You Read This Link
Some mornings, I pray for peace. I really do. I pray for a peace that we cannot attain. A morning where only the sun burns and not human flesh with violence and war. Other mornings, I wonder what is going on in the world. As I wake up and make love and drink tea, I […]
Rozzi
My beauteous car, Rozzi, has breached 100,000 miles today. I’m having a mini-party for her. I appreciate anyone that sticks with me for this long, even though I adopted her at 54K. Seriosly, for as indecisive as I am and for as many illegal u-turns as I’ve pulled, not to mention how many profane retorts […]
Lolo
Lolo, in Tagalog, means grandfather. Since Tagalog is so heavily influenced from Spanish, my parents say that likely, LOLO, came from ABUELO…LO…LOLO…. My adorable newphew cannot say much. Knowing only a handful of words, he calls his mother by his first name, SSSSTHSSUZI, his Dad – DADDA. His aunts, TITA (more Tagalog), but the person […]
Respond
Today, I spent several hours writing a response to an article. Here is the article, followed by my response. Holiday Political Correctness Solves No Problems Tom Speaker Get ready, everyone. December is just around the corner. Soon, it will be time to light the nondenominational holiday tree. “Nondenominational holiday tree?” you ask. “I thought it […]
A Smoke Free State!
Hallejuah! Change IS possible! A good morning to all!