Decades ago a wise woman said, “Too many people are born again and again but never grow up.” Starting over. Honorable. Essential so often. We eternally return to the First Step. Yet if it’s the same place, the same unmanageable […]
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Measured by Measurements
who measured her by her measurements…. a life of boredom wrapped in a ball gown…. this life was too big to be bottled ~ June Rose Dowis How often have I measured myself and everyone around me by my measurements, the […]
Continue reading »A Free Cookie
I didn’t order it. I carefully chose foods on my plan, what I could eat, what would best serve my needs. And you — the corporate you — knew better. And you added a cookie… just a little one, a marketing technique […]
Continue reading »Worthless Birthplace
Once upon a time it mattered, the parentage, the birth order, the grandiosity of title, nobility. Children knew their place by looking at their parents when even kings couldn’t read and occupational secrets were handed from generation to the next […]
Continue reading »Love Them
Annoying, critical, inane. Love them. Lying, cheating, scheming. Love them. Tedious, boring, irritating. Love them. Ubiquitous chatter, maddening. Love them. Critical, uncouth, dishonest. Love them. Pitiful, time-consuming, helpless. Love them. Bring them to your standards, embrace them despite it all, […]
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