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Losing Yourself

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                                                     (I do not own this picture) Today has been a great day, I got off work early and now I am able to get some writing done. I’ve been MIA for a minute so I haven’t been able to keep you updated with what has been going on with me.  I’m finally in a relationship with someone and I love how things are going. We have our ups and downs but it seems like we are in it for the long run. That’s a whole other blog in itself because I’m sure many will be shocked once I tell my story. However I have a topic that hits home for me because  I believe a lot of people go through this very situation I think some of us lose who we are as a person to make everyone else around us happy. Afraid of not being loved and accepted, we tend to forget who we really are; a Christian, a Jew, Gay, a Teacher etc. You get the point in what I’m saying and my only question is why we have to lose ourselves for someone else’s happiness. Would they change who th

Fathers, who want to be in their children’s lives but the mothers who won’t let them

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                                                   (This picture does not belong to me the Artist is Carole Clarke)  I know I haven’t been on for a while but due to lack of internet and work driving me up a wall, I have been missing the one thing that I really love doing and that of course is writing. It’s been a lot going on in my family and it’s really been hard dealing with the deaths that has taken place in the last two months. I won’t dwell on that because I know that both my aunts are in a better place and no they are no longer in pain. This may be true but it still doesn’t make it any easier to deal with the lost. I haven’t really been inspired to write about much even though so much has been going on. However, while talking to an old friend today he told me that he was going through something with the mother of his daughter.  First let me explain why this is such a touchy topic for me.  Fathers, who want to be in their children’s lives but the mothers who won’t let the