While it feels as if the summer got off to an earlier start due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are no complaints from my world. A quicker start to sunny days simply meant more time for beach reading! In reality, my ‘summer’ reading began back in April when we all found ourselves at home with extra time to indulge in some guilty pleasure reading. One of the perks to emerge from our quarantined months. Thus, the flow into actual summertime …
Category: Contemporary Women
I am the voice for those who are silenced I am the voice for those less spoken Just listen Please We have something to say A reason to be heard So listen And we will be heard We have something to say A reason to speak So listen Closely It's a shout from afar A cry from abroad A sigh from within We. Have. Something. To. Say. So listen Gently We have something to say So listen...softly And we will …
This is my “Sorry, Not Sorry” story, and I’m not sorry for writing it. As women, we apologize. Constantly. For things we do that are benign and for things that really are not our fault. Bumping into someone in the grocery store. Accidentally cutting in front of someone while lost in your own thoughts while meandering through the mall. Crossing the street when it is your right of way, but the driver still cuts you off. However, it is never …
In the absence of words, there is Silence, the true unspoken language In the absence of words, there is nothing Time stops. Ideas are lost. A bond is broken. Temporary? A mental block, a mental note. A revelation...and so... She sat down today to write a letter she never wrote. She sat down today to be heard but only Silence answered Her mind awhirl, her heart a flutter, the words failed her And of Silence there was more She sat …
What do you do when a random person on the street asks you for help? It’s a loaded question with no right or wrong response, but as an average citizen minding your own business when approached by a stranger, how do you react? It’s easy to turn away, ignoring the person, pretending you didn’t hear them. But it’s also difficult to turn away, ignoring their plight and what it is they really might need. I must appear as a sympathetic …
Here is a story revolving around a soccer game. It is also a story that mentions my soccer playing son. However, it is in fact a story about neither soccer nor my son. It is a story about being in the wrong place at the right time. Or perhaps it is a story about being in the right place at the wrong time. Either way, as with many things in life, timing is everything, and the way the events fell …
Who says ‘women-of-a-certain-age’ shouldn’t dance? Well, probably most people, starting with our children and spouses, then quickly moving to strangers who witness the act of attempted dancing in public places, and most definitely the young, beautiful people who the world belongs to these days. And they could be right. But that didn’t stop us. We proved everyone wrong over the weekend, returning to our humble beginnings – college – where we refused to be judged and danced the day away …
This article first appeared on Scribing with Scout in March 2019. I am re-posting it now because we all need to go outside of our comfort zone once in awhile. Plus I get a kick out of the awkwardness of it all! Enjoy! Awkwardly, I enter the room and quickly pick a seat, before anyone notices or acknowledges me. A selection near the door. This position specifically offers a quick exit, should I need one, as I am thinking “bathroom, …
Closing out the end of the summer is never easy, but along with some sand, a few chipped seashells, and an almost-empty tube of suntan lotion, my beach bag is practically empty since I completed my summer reading list! Go me! Summer truly is a great season for reading, and this summer-in-the-sun, I added a few new favorite books I am thrilled to share, just in case you are pining for a new page turner. Here are my Top Four …
As moms, there are many things at which we are good, things we do exceptionally well, such as multi-tasking from dawn to dusk, watching our children with eyes in the back of our heads, and folding laundry with our eyes closed. We have the natural instinct to take care of our flock and all things involved with this flock from packing lunches for more years than I care to count, to waiting in the dark for their soccer-water polo-squash practices …
