Is This You

I tell my friends, “I am a terrible friend.” That sets the tone and hopefully excuses any misstep I will undoubtedly make during a friendship. But. Yes, a very friendly “but.” I am that friend that will come and pull you out of the muck and mud that life ever heaps upon your head or soul. Be it any hour on that 24-hour clock that drives our lives. Being a terrible friend has … [Read more...] about Is This You? Terrible vs Awful Friends

By Trina Machacek It’s not because I recently turned a new page in my book of life that I am writing about the day after a birthday. Not really. It’s because I am wondering if I’m alone in feeling the abject and very noticeable feeling of “the magic is gone” the day after a birthday? There are many days of the year that in some ways we all get that let down, that … [Read more...] about Is This You? The Day After Your Birthday

There is a saying that came up in conversation a few times since I began to talk. Something about if Mohamad won’t come to the mountains, you must bring the mountain to Mohamad. Okay, it may be the other way around. Bringing, taking, sliding mounds of mountains to different places at different times. It sometimes gets to be so overwhelming. Perhaps that’s the whole meaning of … [Read more...] about Is This You? Mountains and Mohamad