Ya gotta read this. both breaks your heart and lifts it up.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20110323/ts_yblog_thelookout/nine-year-old-loses-leg-while-saving-little-sisters-life

It all matters. Get on board! Like it on Facebook. Share ideas. Go do something nice for someone today, and every day!

http://www.randomactsofkindness.org/

What I did today (actually, started yesterday) as a random act of kindness: I started emailing back and forth with a woman on www.freecycle.org (which has always felt, to me, like a giant RAK ( Read more... )

So yesterday we had some major scares here in the New York area. And I had flashbacks of PTSS, joined by, probably, thousands of others.

( slightly rambling personal commentary on mentality in the face of terrorist threats )

In memory of family and friends who have lost the battle with cancer; and in support of the ones who continue to conquer it! Post this on your LJ if you know someone who has or had cancer. 93% won't copy and paste this. Will you?

Keep the flame alive, keep fighting, keep finding joy and know that you are not alone. We carry the light with you and ( Read more... )

Since I have been progressing a little faster than I thought I would, I guess I can up the goals. But I NEED to remember not to push TOO hard or I'm gonna crash ( Read more... )

OK, so as you may recall, tjoel2 , endlessblush  and I have had this dream project for a while. I think it might have started with one of those "if you won the lottery..." questions. Every once in a while I trot it out, when I'm feeling low or just need something fun to think of. I always add something to it, find new little quirks I want, or some new friend who can ( Read more... )

OK, I lost a lot of momentum last week and some of my discipline went bye bye. I still did job hunting every day, but I didn't concentrate on it or get too aggressive. I have interview (BY PHOOOOONE! ARGH) with the Labor Board on Thursday, so I have to get my butt in gear. While I have plenty to do while I am not working, I don't want to be ( Read more... )

May 30, 2009

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I think I found magic
and it is in the youth
the power, the courage
the breaking of silence
bleeding on a stage
spitting out
an army of verbs
and pronouns
that encircle us all
I wonder where this magic was
and I wonder where the ripple started
as the tears etch
adjectives
and hands clutch
dreams

I have been watching a documentary series on Brave New Voices about ( Read more... )

Dear Dad, and all Veterans,

So much has changed since Veteran's Day in November. I wonder what you've been thinking.

I wonder about the constant debate about our safety, about heightened threats because we have a black President, about how soon to bring the soldiers home. In my opinion, none of it happened soon enough. I laugh sometimes, while I weep ( Read more... )