Reality Stings, But Possibilities Await

My reaction isn’t quite what I had predicted. I’d looked forward to this day literally for years and then its much-anticipated arrival earlier this week brought about a fierce mixture of emotions which I am still reeling from. As expected, I was and am excited beyond belief, but with the excitement also came feelings of …

Can We Make It Tomorrow Instead?

Would you go back and do it all over again? In some ways, I would and in other ways, I’d say a very polite, “No, thank you.”. Of course, perspective is all relative to time, isn’t it? Knowing what I know now, I’m glad I did many of the things that I did, but I …

Tornado Country?

My oldest brother and I had been had at home that afternoon sunbathing on our upper deck.  It was scorching hot, well over 30 degrees celsius and the air was beyond stifling.  We were sweating like crazy and stupid to have been sitting out there for as long as we did, but we were young …

“As Long As You Live in this House…”

How many of you remember that line?  I know that I've certainly heard it before, and I can say now that it was probably a good thing that there were set rules to Abide by while I was growing up. I will say that, overall, I think I was a pretty good kid--no major trouble here.  Sure, …