I’ve been thinking about how we are all performers in a way. At least for me, I keep trying because I don’t want to be seen as a failure. When I don’t meet my personal goals, I feel like a complete failure. When I try my best and don’t receive appreciation or recognition, I feel…
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Friday reflections
Some thoughts I have to get out into the universe before it festers in my mind. This is extremely scattered, but whatevs. The quality of relationships is far more important than the quantity. I’ve been thinking about some of the people I’ve cut out of my life. In my younger days, perhaps it was unfair…
Napowrimo 2020 Day 25
Prompt: present tense, meditation in everyday language “in the unknowing” the heat comes another spring to summer these waves seem long but never last life holds no promises of tomorrow of love of dreams come true we struggle in the unknowing the answers come when we fall when we fail when we seek to find…
Words to Remember My Grandfather
I’m six years old, and I can’t sit still. I’m so excited because it’s Grandparents’ Day, and my grandparents are coming to visit my class. When Grandpa walks in, I pull him and Grandma over to my desk. I listen impatiently as the other grandparents talk about their lives, and then finally, my teacher asks…
The Summers of Youth Now Grow Old
As summer draws to a close, a breathless hush settles in the stagnant air. August was a month of beach parties, bonfires, and fast-paced vacations. But in a rushing heartbeat, the dog days of August have passed into yesterday as autumn pushes into the spotlight. At my friend’s bachelorette party a couple of weekends ago,…
Birthday Reflections
To be honest, pre-birthday week has been a challenge. A couple of difficulties have left me feeling a little down and out. Then again, dealing with people is always a challenge, and that applies every week of the year. Rather than focus on the negative, however, I’m reflecting on how I can turn these challenges…
Snapshot in a Coffee Shop (A Short Story)
The coffee grinds wafted by her nose before she even opened the door. Kaley’s eyes scanned the room, looking for a place to sit. Every table was occupied. She flipped through the calendar in her head, realized it was likely the week before finals, and remembered those days just a few years before when she’d…
Stepping Through the Threshold: Part 2
There are some people you meet in life who you realize you were destined to meet, who you believe God has placed there to help you through some circumstance or to teach you a life lesson. Some of these people may be less than savory characters. That woman who stops you in traffic just to…
Stepping Through the Threshold: Part 1
As my knees hit the black asphalt, which could fry an egg thanks to the California summer sun, I didn’t know what burned the most—the skin that peeled away from my kneecaps, or the layer of pride that peeled away from my humiliated eleven year-old heart. Two boys snickered as they ran past me. To…
Reflection on Valentine’s Day
About 7 or 8 years ago, a friend and I were sitting in a coffee shop. My friend turned to me to say that she recognized a woman there. “She’s on a date!” my friend exclaimed. “Oh my God! I haven’t seen that girl in years. She’s probably like already THIRTY now! I hope that’s not me when I’m thirty,…
A Day in the Life of a Food Scientist
On this week’s episode of “Fun at Work,” more craziness from people that I cannot begin to comprehend. Customer wants me to develop an Asian sauce with a soy sauce base. But without the soy sauce. “Can I use tamari?” I ask, thinking this may solve the problem. As long as I ease up on…
The Journey to Bold
My resolution this year is a word. BOLD. To me, being bold means doing something despite your misgivings and fears and doubts. It means stepping off that diving board (something I was never able to do as a kid), taking that jump even when you know you’re bound to fail a few times. It means…
Untold Tales by a Whimsical Wallflower 