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Make Me or Break Me

We all have experiences throughout our lives, many many experiences. Some good, some bad, some just because. We choose those experiences for the most part and those experiences make us who we are for the most part. The other part comes from how we are raised and a small percentage is ingrained in our DNA.…
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The Lesson
How many times must a lesson be given? I guess as many times as it takes to get it right. The lesson given to me over and over came in the form of heartbreak, aka grief. Four times this lesson was placed in front of me. All with varying degrees of pain, but pain just…
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Never the Same
Have you ever had a part of your life end that you had not anticipated? What do you do? If it was a person that left your life by death, how do you cope? Emotions are strong and I ask myself if knowing would have been better. A part of me was ripped away without…
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Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe
To pick the year I would relive if possible is impossible. There are so many great years behind me. Each and every one mean something special and different. So, instead of choosing one of the great ones, I would choose the year that hurt me and so many others the most. That year I would…
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Ashes
As I lay in the ashes of what my life has become with no energy or desire to rise, I wallow in pain and memories of you. How do I go on without you? The emotional pain is far worse than any physical pain I’ve encountered. My thoughts stay on times of you and I.…
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Remnants
I so want something to touch, to smell, to remember you by. Just a remnant of the life we shared but there is none. Only the memories stored deep within. The photos taken through the years bring both smiles and tears. Smiles because I remember and long to be in that place once again. Tears…