Category Archives: Ramblings

Write Often

I make it a point to write something every day, even if it’s only to myself. In fact, it is mostly to myself. How else do I get to know me? And how else do I get to know what I know until I hear what I have to say? The most important conversation in

Let there be light

I’m alive. Yep, Hurricane Wilma lingered around the Yucatan, threatened South Florida for days, and then before I could even wink she sliced us. I have no power, thus no place to keep perishable foods, and on top of that, everyone is on edge. Cabin fever! Hurricane Katrina really opened up my eyes as far

The Pretend Game

There comes a point in our lives when we start analyzing every move we make. Why we go out, why we keep certain friends, why we work so much, where will I be today, tomorrow, why did I do what I did 9 years ago, and then the infamous WHAT IF I hadn’t done this

Even Superman has a weakness.

I feel like I’ve been going at a thousand miles per hour for the past five months without an oil change. Sometimes I lose sight of the big picture, errrmmm, what’s the big picture again?!?!?!?!? What exactly are we doing all of this for? For our kids? Kids, kids? For our parents? To make them

Coincidence?

I sometimes wonder if there is a plan for all of us. Each and every one of us. I sit here and think about what has happened in my life over the last month alone. Wow. My mother and father taught me from when I was really young that everything happens for a reason. I

First Snow

The cable car rocked from left to right as we moved away from the station. Whispering squeaks broke the silence with every gust of wind. Below us, the World. Water in the rivers trying desperately to escape, reaching for the misty horizon. Trees in clusters grasping for the clouds. Green trees stand by their mothers