Chico’s Mom

Dreams: Muddy Water

I read once that dreaming of muddy water meant trouble is ahead. Last night while I was lying in my bed, my dreams were filled with a vacation scene. Our vacation house was tranquil and clean. A storm raced across the night sky. Causing sea levels to take a massive rise. Water was above myContinue reading “Dreams: Muddy Water”

Pumpkin DIY

What you will need: (all came from the Dollar Tree) a carvable foam pumpkin, napkins cut into strips, twine,decorative sprigs, decorations, gun & sticks, craft paint brushes and lots of mod podge. Okay not everything came from the DT. I craft all the time. The glue gun/stick, mod podge, and brushes I had on hand.)Continue reading “Pumpkin DIY”

Nostalgia Tree

Stop the Clatter

Shouldn’t have opened my mouth. Shouldn’t have said a word. Should have kept it bottled inside the way I always do. I didn’t want a lecture. I didn’t want a speech. I wanted someone to listen to me. Someone to vent to. Someone to let the pressure out to. Someone to just listen to me.Continue reading “Stop the Clatter”

Your Disability

This was written almost a month apart. Our prayer group does Thankful Thursday’s; this was 2 of mine. “Your Disability” I’ve never considered myself disabled. Yeah, those doctor reports come. But I do. And keep on doing. It must be done. About 10 years ago or so, I was diagnosed with tinnitus (ringing in theContinue reading “Your Disability”

You’re Fired

August 25th, 2015; where were you? This isn’t as thought provoking as asking ‘where we’re you when the Challenger exploded? Or where we you when JFK was shot? Where were you when the World Trade Center was hit?’ 8-25-2015 was a life changing day for me. I got fired. First time ever. It hurt myContinue reading “You’re Fired”

Sneeze

Taken from ‘The Reconstruction of Me’. A collection of poems I started in the early 2,000’s. Not a published book.

Soggy Little Oaty-O

Green

for the green that does not grow we break our backs throughout our lives the seed we must sow in order to make up for the green we lack some rob, cheat, and steal to get pictures of presidents so grand others will grind the mill and hope time will work a plan we haveContinue reading “Green”

Excommunicated

Excommunication! Manipulation. Silence. How dare you! You will need me. Silence. I can. You can. Manipulation. Do as I say. Not as I do. Manipulation. Moan. Complain. Be silent! Abandon. Need. Manipulation. There is a built in need in every child to have a relationship or bond with our birth parents. This need is deepContinue reading “Excommunicated”