Single Mom Striking Out

"Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live." Anonymous  Laughter and love make great partners like salt and pepper; bread and butter; and a bat and ball. Laughter makes one forget the seriousness of the day ; the dark clouds of worry; and the looming regrets of yesterday. Love nurtures the soul; warms the heart and promises the dreams of tomorrow. Bring them together in your relationships today and watch the seeds of sunshine grow. Laugh often and love How easy it is for us to forget to do this...laugh. Because we face everyday challenges, bills to pay, unexpected news, obstacles in life, changes in friendships and love life, work environment and family, we might be carrying around a huge sack of burden on our backs without even knowing we're doing so. It's not that we stop feeling sad or burdened or emotional about things but it is a reminder for us to remember that laughter, happiness, joy and gratefulness is right around the corner too. As ...

The whole Sunday has been about nothing but money.:- a very angry woman I had a car knock-in with probably is in need of money my ex fuming about the state of his life and the need for money, mounting debt and looming legal situation a relative who appears well-to-do but is in actual fact struggling a little with the soon-to-be born second child relatives who warned me about the car installment and reminded me to pay it urgently after a call from the bank, wondering if I have died or decided not to pay for the car (which is not the case. It was simply a little later than usual because of the July 4th weekend) a friend emptying her bank account because she's moving out to a room and leaving behind a house that she's been staying in for more than a decade It was all about money...the having, the needing...the wanting, the making, the having and the control it has over our daily lives.  I try to be Zen and peaceful and all that but sometimes, this quote too close t...

Is loneliness humankind's worst punishment? So says the show that I am watching right now and I wonder if it's true. Do people have to grab whoever, the next best person or someone tolerable and we don't hate too much , just so that we don't have to eat dinner alone, shop alone, visit the doctor alone or sleep alone? Is alone all that bad and is it really the worst curse on the human heart? With that said, everything is always changing, the world is evolving and the table is consistently turning and we've been taught that hanging onto things is quite unwise. Hanging onto people is the same, is it not? Clinging on causes the most pain in the world, says some religious texts, and if that is true, isn't looking for someone just to feel complete a paradox?  I have a friend who is constantly in need of people around him/her and this has to do with her/his current change of status, in terms of relationship and family. So, his/her complaint of being too al...

Something happened a few days ago that made me feel really touched. The purest of hearts and the most genuine of intentions sometimes show you that the world isn't as harsh or stressed or cruel as you think it can be.  While it is something that I might have found offensive in the past, an insult to a certain extent, when viewed with a tinge of reality, it touches you even if it's not enough to solve your problems or to relieve your pain. The pure intention is touching.  The thought that someone thought of you or someone you love. The thought that you, your kids or your family, mean something important to another, shows that you have made an impact in this world and that they think they want you around enough to make an effort to keep you.  Let this serve as a reminder that not everything is bad in this world. Sometimes, things suck but when you let the sweet outweigh the suck, hey, you know what? The world isn't such a mean-ass fucker, after all.  ...

Shedding of past but not forgetting... Sometimes I feel like I am held down by my past, some events, some things that was done and over with, I feel like they've shaped me and defined my actions. But that's what being human is like, doing things that we cannot undo, saying things we cannot unsay.  So, the best thing to do is to shed it. Say thank you , good bye .  By tomorrow, we will have to shed today too. Knowing that someday, it all will kind of make more sense than it does now.