i have lost so many material possessions in my life so far that i don’t know that i can say there is any particular one thing i could not live without. but as far as being treasured, i have the quilt my mother made me as a small child – i helped her make it [...]
barring the hurricanes, i really do love living in south florida. i have found that i don’t do well in drier climates – my asthma and skin/sinuses really rebel. i will always love my childhood home of texas, but my adult home has become south florida.
i can’t think of any person, specifically, i’d like to come back as – like what type of person or lifestyle or position … i think there’s so much that is left to chance and circumstance in a person’s life on what happens. when you add in a person’s resilency and tenacity – that’s where [...]
this is easy. truly frighteningly easy. i’ve helped build families. i’ve helped children in need. even if i never learn another thing, never complete another task, and never accomplish another thing – i’ll have been succesful! i am truly blessed and happy and hope to keep growing and learning and helping.
i would set my emotions on a 10 second delay. during those 10 seconds, my brain and breathing would automatically engage. this way, i would (hopefully) significantly decrease my possibilities for judgement and over-reaction. since i haven’t figured out a way to set myself on auto-delay… i guess i need to take a few more [...]
