Lately, I've been feeling very creative, but haven't actually been creating anything tangible (other than knitting a scarf and crocheting a blanket). I feel a tugging desire to paint, draw, collage, do mosaic design. I am always torn in different directions taking care of the things that have to get done ( Read more... )

I realized that I have been kind of, I don't know, rude? to Adam the last couple of days. I was on his case about not being home very much and then I started complaining about the stuff he should be doing and all that dumb junk parents yell at their kids about. And then it dawned on me. I wasn't really mad at him. He didn't really do anything ( Read more... )

Well, I found this through Nick, and think it's a beyond wonderful idea. LiveJournal is a wonderful thing in allowing feelings to be written down and expressed, but it just has the potential to get much too out of hand. I had to get rid of my DeadJournal because of that. Just overreacting to posts in a journal is silly. I wish people had a greater ( Read more... )

"Love is always bestowed as a gift - freely, willingly and without expectation. We don't love to be loved; we love to love ( Read more... )

I'm looking for advice on a problem I've having with my 15-year-old son, Mathew. ( Read more... )

Aside from being slightly distorted (on my screen, at least), I think this community is a great idea. Now, if only people are able to follow the rules ( Read more... )

Ever wonder if George Orwell was on the right track to a perfect world? I mean , practically all of us have read 1984. For the majority that read that book said to themselves " god, that sucks." But, does it really? Think about this world for a second. Now imagine a world, where everyone was born the same [don't take that out of context like some ( Read more... )

idolism ( Read more... )

'Twas in another lifetime ( Read more... )