Entries from January 2007

January 30, 2007

Rest in Peace, Barbaro


January 29, 2007

A New Chapter

“Deprive me of my home; Of children, wealth and land….if you, O Lord, I gain.” ~ Tukaram

It has taken me years and years to come to terms with who I am and to cope with [...]

January 25, 2007

A Futile Attempt

If I’ve heard it once, I’ve heard it a thousand times…”You should write a book!” Seriously….I’ve heard that a million times. But it was when my writing instructor pulled me aside that I really started believing that I COULD, in fact, write. I was in “hair school” at the time…and she [...]

January 24, 2007

Was He Born That Way??

Well…another State of the Union come and gone. And I don’t know about ya’ll….but I’m still feeling less than secure about the TRUE state of this Union. If Georgia & his monkeys paid as much attention to THIS country as those over in the desert….then maybe we would actually be the world-wide Super [...]

January 22, 2007

My Fearless Daughter

Fearless: (adjective) 1.oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them [syn: unafraid] [ant: afraid]2.invulnerable to fear or intimidation; “audacious explorers”; “fearless reporters and photographers”; “intrepid pioneers” [syn: audacious]

My daughter is fearless. Since the day she was born, she hasn’t been intimidated by one single thing. Things that [...]

January 21, 2007

Right Brain vs. Left Brain

You Are 25% Left Brained, 75% Right Brained

The left side of your brain controls verbal ability, attention to detail, and reasoning.Left brained people are good at communication and persuading others.If you’re left brained, you are likely good at math and logic.Your left brain prefers dogs, reading, and quiet.The right side of your brain is all [...]

January 18, 2007

Uterine Kin

“Uterine Kin”

Through the course of obtaining legal and genetic documents for Johns Hopkins Medicine, I learned that I had been grossly neglected prior to my adoption….by “Uterine Kin”. This was my reaction.

My 1st Soul Collage.

January 17, 2007

This is your brain. This is your brain with Bipolar.

Normal BrainBipolar BrainPeople who know of my history with Bipolar often ask me, “What do you mean…you see things differently?” And up to this point, I haven’t had any good answers. Not really. Until now. I’ve posted two brain images above. One of a normal healthy brain. One of [...]

January 17, 2007

Happy 65th Birthday, Champ!


January 16, 2007

Soul Collage

I somewhat stumbled across this stuff…..soul collaging. And I’m shocked that I didn’t know about this already! Those who know me know that I’ve gone thru a spiritual transformation over the past couple of years. NOT religious….spiritual. There’s a difference. And in this quest, I have learned more about [...]