Category Archives: New Stories (that I wrote)

Fear, embarrassment, shame, and anger. These are all parts of the ego. Blue, gray, black, and red. Imagine these colors together. If they look pretty to you then darken the shade. Dark blue, grey like a storm cloud, the blackest of black, and red as blaring break light. This is the mix of ego. It’sContinue reading “A Call Away From Ego”

It is so easy to place blame and underestimate people because we don’t know what goes on in their head, or their heart. We operate from our own heads, and hearts, and what makes sense to us. So it is easy for us to say “It is hard to connect to her because she doesn’tContinue reading “Unlearning Blame”

“As I began to love myself I stopped craving for a different life, and I could see that everything that surrounded me was inviting me to grow. Today I call it ‘MATURITY.’” Kim McMillien wrote in her poem titled As I Began. I am grateful for the many ways that my surroundings have invited meContinue reading “New Year Reflection”

I didn’t want anymore pets, especially a dog. A Golden Retriever bit me when I was around 4 years old and since that time I didn’t want to go near any other dog. When my sisters would see a dog out for a walk they would run up to it, and ask the owner, “CanContinue reading “In Memoriam”

“So what do you do for a living?” A common question most Americans ask when getting to know someone. We are our jobs. We are the money that we make. Why? As a kid I would wonder why and still I ask, Why? When studying abroad in England I realized that this idea of workingContinue reading “Working to Live or Simply Living?”