A resolution isn’t a goal, it isn’t temporary, and it isn’t a solution to make for any past laziness or excuses. A resolution is a resolve to change. It is a commitment of mental fortitude and awareness. This year, in 2012 I resolve to change my vocabulary. From now I will will always say “I
THE RAINBOW RECIPE
Life is like a rainbow: you need both sun and rain to make the colors of life appear. Even though it has been 80 degrees and beautiful outside in Virginia this week, my week has had torrential downpours of stress and bad news, and even nightmares in my sleep. Strangely, I appreciate these
WORD DRUGS
I love words. They are beautiful, unique, rich, deep and entirely up to our own choosing and creativity. We create intangible canvases of beauty with the words we weave and these paintings can transform both us and the world around us. While we are what we do and not what we say, what we say
“LOLLY” POPS WITH POSITIVITY
Lolly found me. Four hours into my race with ten miles left to run — as my quads were spasming in Charlie-horse cramps and my groin muscles had me on the verge of tears — Lolly trotted up beside me. While we hobbled our broken bodies up the mountainous bay bridge that overlooked the Gulf of Mexico, this petit