Let's make this a regular thing.

There's a constant stream of doubt and insecurity going on in my head; that's not all that's there, but there is a monologue of constant questions:

Will this make me look stupid? Did I just sound overbearing? Does this outfit make me look fat? Did I just sound like as big of a dork as I think I did? If I do that ( Read more... )

My friend Rob died this morning.

( a life is a life, the good and the bad, but we can only choose our path, no one else's )

When I was 4 years old the television series Batman ran every afternoon on our local television station. Since we moved around a lot and were never allowed out of our yard, my playmates were limited to my siblings, primarily my older brother, who was 6 to my 4. Every afternoon we would sprawl on the floor of his room to watch Batman on a small ( Read more... )

Happy Mother's Day to every woman who mothers a child...whether you gave birth to them or not, whether they live with you or not, whether they call you mom or not. Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms, stepmoms, fostermoms, aunts, godmothers and daughters who are now mothering their own moms. If you love a child, if you provide support or ( Read more... )

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
---Philo

( The Random Act of Kindness Game at Chik-Fil-A )

When we get too caught up in the busyness of the world, we lose connection with one another--and ourselves. ~Jack Kornfield ( Read more... )

Hi, there.

( Well, I don't really have an excuse now, do I? )

( the plague: day six )

More pimpage on the auction for help_haiti...I'm up to 13 talented people's links for fic, icons, beta services. Check it out here.

The catastrophe in Haiti of course overshadows every other thing going on in the world today though there have been a few smaller (much smaller) news stories that have caught my attention this week.

( Conan, McGwire, Miep Gies )

( 10 random things... )