I couldn’t be more proud of the work & remembrance in this sacred space. To all the Marines, Corpsman, & fellow veterans involved in these eras please know I hold you near & dear. This display will never be enough for your sacrifices but it will promise your tireless dedication to duty will always be remembered.…
The youth that tags along in its “innocence” or more accurately naivety certainly seems to ensure there is no lack of confidence in the mistakes strewn about by the juvenescence of their life. For some time now I have bared witness to male dominated fields well into a decade of my being and growth from my own adolescence into the breach of womanhood. There is nothing farther from the truth than age makes you into a woman or a man,…
I’m moving nice and slow, to where, I do not know. Great, we all know what that means, living life in the not so fast lane; sounds ambitious to me. Well here we go, another day, not a dollar in sight, and as a casualty of sloth the body weighs in no less than before. However the usual winds of change have been drafting up a new plan as the moon hits the sky for another night to pass us…
Eyes closed and a deep breath in, be here now I heard someone say so I say in reply to the void, “yes, I am here now”. With the rise of the day and the dark drop of night, I am here; here in the time that passes with each breeze that has drifted over my skin flowing through the air like the blood tracing through my veins continuing the life that has been and will be. Here we go,…
It’s been a few years and sure technology has been there to hold our relationship in the trapeze of life’s circus, lending a hand to swing us through to the next flipping adventure, but will our grip be strong enough to grasp the physical reality? Time has past, families have grown and my have we changed! Simply to put it we are but shadows of when we met, we we’re fledglings, fresh faced souls, and just starting to truly taste…
When it comes to me and my soul, I believe. What a powerful statement that is, but do you know of what I believe in, would you know & would you know why? I have seen men pray, pray with their hands, pray on their knees, pray on the ground, and pray to the sky, I have seen men pray. I have seen men pray with smiles and some with tears all while shaking in their faith whether it be…
Where do you get off telling me to be quiet; well actually I wish someone had told me to stop talking two sentences ago… In the reality of it all what do I get from speaking my own nonsense and handing out anecdotes collected from my life when really I don’t care to hear them for the 100th time myself. Silence is a feast I crave and if I could have double helpings I would…I just need to remember that…
I’d say on this topic I counteract my cynical habits in replacement of compassion and a deeper understanding. To lose is to learn and the impact of loss is far past from what anyone seems to be able to clearly accept initially. Sure some may interpret loss or losing to that of the board game comparison of a toddler screaming with every whooping emotion that tiny body has bottled up for just the occasion of defeat, but there is a…
Similar to the nature versus nurture debate, I pose the question of with age comes wisdom, or does it really? To be honest I’ll question anything, gps directions, my spouse’s ideas, my family, if time really does heal all wounds (conclusion of yet, mostly yes), and even an expiration date because come on. You’re giving me a date of when this packaged food is set to end its edible life? I’m that person who will cut the mold off the…
As the GPS was recalculating the world was getting back to me on my reflection, I had come to know the reflection of the people close to me at this time in the life I had been living in the early months of 2009. March, low and behold brought on more than the nomenclature of the third month, it brought upon the command to march forth, go look into the mirror and reflect back what you want to be. I…