This past weekend I got into a heated verbal conflict with my sister-in-law. My family almost never fights, but it happened – well done me – and it only stopped because my mom said: (in an angelic voice) “Okay, time for a new conversation.” The fight left both my sister-in-law and I upset. No, I’m … [Read more...]
What’s the Intention?
Every night before I go to bed I sit on my couch and do some type of journaling and reading to decompress from the day. It’s at this time that my cat, the one who baptized me with his nose cannon as described in last week’s post, usually joins me. He loves to sleep on my lap, which is a practical … [Read more...]
Forgive and Protect
My cat has a cold, or at least the feline equivalent of a cold. He has a stuffed up nose and sneezes. He doesn’t have a sexier meow (a sexier voice is the one bonus of having a cold... the gravelly, want-to-be Barry White voice not the stuffed up, nasally voice like someone shoved their fingers … [Read more...]
How to make things better
Over the years I have seen men and women sullen and forlorn sitting for who knows how long under the glare of judgment. These people would be treated as if they were diseased. When others walked by them, the others would take a step or two away as they passed. I remember one particular time I was … [Read more...]
Accepting our Differences
I was recently out with a friend, and in the background of the one store we were in, I heard a song I hadn’t heard before. After a few moments I asked the person with me: “Do you know who this is?” She replied: “Yes,” and then looked at me in the condescending manner women are so good at; guys … [Read more...]
Hurt begins somewhere
In respect to the recently passed Halloween, the day Jesus dressed up his Apostles as vampires and said: “This is my blood, drink it...” I wanted to continue talking about the scariest people I know, U.S. customs agents. (I was joking about Jesus dressing up his Apostles as vampires... hopefully … [Read more...]
The Headless Soldier… losing your head over a woman
I was recently on a ghost tour in Niagara-on-the-Lake (I highly recommend this tour), and one story in particular stood out for me; the story of the headless soldier from Fort Niagara on the American side. I mention that it happened at the American fort because this kind of irrational violence … [Read more...]
The Ordinary Flower
This past week I found myself staring at the wall of my office wondering why I was working so hard to do everything I'm doing. Was it worth it? Was there a point to it all? The bottom line is I was feeling exhausted and down; it was just one of those times. To help my mood a friend recommended I … [Read more...]