Succumbing to fears,
a chasm grows, swallowing
faith’s and hope’s remains.
*Featured image by cocoparisienne on Pixabay.com.
Author: mylilplace
Three day lyrical challenge – day 1
My sincerest thanks to Ana, the amazing blogger of Mom Life with Chiari for treating me to this much welcomed and delightful challenge. I can’t help but be smitten with her blog. Her positive outlook, her grit to push through chronic pain and the challenges of Chiari and most of all, her love for life, are all too precious to miss. If you haven’t had a chance to check out her blog, do visit soon.
The Rules Are Simple:
- Thank the person who nominated you.
- Share one of your favorite song/lyrics one at a time for three days.
- Nominate three other bloggers each day.
The Song/Lyrics
The first one that I am sharing is “Sober Up” by AJR, featuring Rivers Cuomo. It ranks pretty high on my current song chart. Perfect for the summer, it has an upbeat tempo, a catchy tune and the wholesome goodness of cello strumming to the heartbeat. To me, the song is about remembering first love, the longing for childlike innocence and the yearning for an uncomplicated life. It has been a while since I have been this excited about a song and I hope you enjoy it too.Read More »
Hunger
Wants and needs entwined,
grown and groomed to ambition.
Life, insatiable!
*Featured image by Charles Deluvio on Unsplash
Anger and a lesson learned
I am not sure if it’s the relentless summer heat or if it’s part of aging, as suggested by my friend, but my patience well has been quite dry lately. In other words, I find myself way more easily irritated. I couldn’t even stand hearing myself when I gave in to these petty annoyances as it’s impossible to shove angry words back in once they have been callously spat and sputtered out.Read More »
Protecting our privacy on smartphones
Smartphones have become staples in our daily lives. I can’t imagine my life without one. My kids, I know, would agree with this statement most vehemently. But, do you know that every activity we do on our phone is usually logged in the phones’ local storage? I fear losing my phone because once unlocked, it can potentially reveal all the details about me, from banking information to all my chats to my browsing activities. And no, going back to flip phones isn’t an option.Read More »
Dear brother…
The room is now empty, the bed half made
An empty shampoo bottle lies forlorn on the floor
The gray ottoman returned to its quiet empty corner
Where your black luggage had recently sat in a bloated slump, half unzippedRead More »
Liebster award #2
My sincere thanks to Journie2Woman for this wonderful nomination. I truly appreciate the thought and the opportunity. If you have never checked out her fun yet honest and empowering blog, do visit her and stay a while. 🙂Read More »
Sunshine blogger award
I can’t thank Ana from Mom Life with Chiari enough for always thinking of me and my humble blog when it comes to awards, tags and nominations. If you haven’t visited her site, you are definitely missing out on solid life inspiration, beautiful nail art and some funny memes to boot! Be sure to drop by and peruse!Read More »
Foxtrot in the kitchen
It is the most wonderful thing when a memory catches up with one unexpectedly. Maybe it’s the balmy summer night air or maybe it’s the sight of a box of waffle ice cream cones that sat unopened on my kitchen counter top. But, I found myself pulled into a dance that took place half a lifetime ago.Read More »
Cruelty
“People talk sometimes of a bestial cruelty, but that’s a great injustice and insult to the beasts; a beast can never be so cruel as a man, so artistically cruel.”
~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky
News of late have just simply been upsetting and are beyond my ability to comprehend. I know that suffering is unavoidable, that unfairness exist in our lives. But, to see human cruelty so blatantly executed and even defended leave me reeling in disbelief and anger. Children so young were forcibly separated from their parents and put in cage-like confinements. To even try and justify that is obscene. As a mother, as a woman…no, as a mere human being, I am beyond horrified. Every day has been a test to the limit of our forbearance. The decision to halt the separation provides a slight relief but I brace myself for the uncertainty of tomorrow. Cruelty, after all, knows no bounds.
*Featured image by Michael Benz on Unsplash
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