Patience & Fortitude

Grieving Futures, Post #1

Authoria: Grieving Futures is my free book detailing my experiences dealing with the deaths of my parents when I was in my mid-twenties. You can download it, share it, copy it, whatever you want. My goal has always been to make it as widely and freely available as...

I’m a hardass! *shock*

I was really surprised the other day to find out that I’m a hardass. Now, I know I’m incredibly judgmental, and because I know that, I work really hard not to be because it is borne out of my own insecurities. It’s not fair to be a real hardass to other people based...

On Fantastic Friends

(Here’s a quick side lesson: if you want to know who your real friends are, start telling your craziest idea to everyone you meet. Some people will slowly back away from you as if you really are crazy, but others will latch on to your idea and help you any way they...

A safe place to break

The day after my ex-Husband moved out, I was a wreck. We had divorced five months prior, but that experience was more like a quick-serve with a judge as the drive-thru attendant. It is kind of strange to admit that finalizing the divorce was pretty anti-climactic. I...

REC Saturday: Elbert Hubbard

Genius is often only the power of making continuous efforts. ~ Elbert Hubbard I will lay fair odds that you probably have not heard of Elbert Hubbard. That fact is a shame, because he was one of the great progressives of the early 20th century: a philosopher with a...