life rants 

License to Procreate?

I don’t know about anyone else, but I am sick of reality shows like Teen Mom and 16 and Pregnant, along with talk shows like The Maury Show showcasing and therefore glorifying unplanned pregnancies, especially those of teens and young adults. This is just one of many modern-day forms of social decay that has led to the deterioration and desensitization of America. One must get a license to drive, get married, fish, hunt, to own a dog, and in some locations, to scavenge through trash – what I’d like to see…

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life musings on the fly relationships 

Haunted by the girl I used to be

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.” ~ Lao Tzu     My past, like most others out there, is filled with lots of mistakes; things I’ve done, the ways I’ve carried myself and acted, even my thoughts and feelings deep down inside are riddled and interwoven with glorious mistakes. These mistakes are necessary in life – how else does one grow from one stage of life to the next if not by and through our mistakes? Mistakes often lead to lessons –…

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musings on the fly 

Summer Night Solitude

    I sit here in silence and solitude, watching the clouds make their journey across the sky. I am mesmerized by their ever changing beauty.   One looks like a heart.   I watch as it stretches and morphs bigger then smaller, passing ever so slowly through the sky. Eventually it dissolves into the other clouds and passes away. It is forever lost in the glow of a midsummer sunset – mixing, mingling and now forming into other shapes. Other dreamers like me will see what they need to from these beauteous…

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