Category Archives: Lessons, Mistakes & Misguided Thoughts

Cat is out of the bag. I colour my hair. I know. You all thought my lovely locks were really sun-kissed gold, admit it! I can still hear my mother begging me not to start dying my hair when I was in my twenties because “one day you will have to do it for real,Continue reading “Grey Hair: Losing The Battle Within”

You would think after over 40 years on this earth we would be experts at making new friends. Maybe for some, but I would venture to say that it’s one of the few things that gets harder with age, and for many of the reasons you might not think. We become more sure of whoContinue reading “Learning To Make Friends In Your 40s”

All people, all situations, all images, all that we see and experience has an ugly side. What do I mean? I mean if we could look past the glitz and glamour that we are presented with each day on social media, for example, we would see the messy homes, screaming children, feuding couples, and smellyContinue reading “The Ugly Side Of Things”

As inspiration for most of my blogs, usually a casual conversation with friends is what sparks an idea. Now this topic seems to be a divisive one amongst my circle. Although I follow most societal norms on how to dress, like not wearing a bikini to a funeral, I think I am more liberal withContinue reading “How Short Is Too Short?”

We have all felt anger. It’s a primal emotion. Certainly I have been angry many times. My hot Calabrian temper rests behind an old tree stump in the forest of my emotions, but she is ready to attack at a moment’s notice. Ok, it may sound like I’m proud of her—well sometimes I actually am—butContinue reading “What Truly Lies In The Belly Of The Angry Beast?”

A radical idea you say? I’ll challenge that thought. Read that title again to yourself and then sit on it for a moment. Ok, now that you have wrapped your mind around this idea I’ll explain what I mean. We all have people—or animals— in our lives that we love dearly. We are social beingsContinue reading “Choose Not To NEED Anyone”

A broken heart sits just beneath the surface A tragic past has changed her future in a flash, and yet she smiles with a light that emanates a room which casts so bright Bubbly at the surface and tender words on her lips, I can’t help but wonder how her strength can eclipse The burdenContinue reading “The Power Of A Good Cry”

For some people the phrase, “don’t ever change” may sound like a positive statement. However, this statement has forever irritated me. It reminds me of being in elementary school because it was said to me repeatedly whenever I did something for someone that I didn’t particularly want to do or even particularly like very much.Continue reading ““Don’t Ever Change””

I guess there is no yin without yang. My last post discussed all things celebratory and this post is quite the opposite. The best place to start is always at the beginning. The evening of my birthday I decided to download all of my pictures from my cell phone onto my laptop. I’ve done itContinue reading “The Time Apple Made Me Cry”