Big Kid Small Town
When I was a kid, about ten,Living in a small town,The streets were all mine,And I was free to roam until sundown. I would leave the house every day,Ride my bike to get my best friend, Vic,And we would race across town,From end to end, until we got sick The only places we wentWere the […]
Purple Violets: Prologue
Boonville, New York, was inhabited by the Iroquois Confederacy and settled by the Europeans in the late 1790s. Indigenous people hunted the region for centuries until the land was sold to incoming settlers. In many indigenous cultures, adoption was a widespread traditional practice that legally and socially recognized a person as part of a family […]
Purple Violets: Synopsys
Ellen Winona Crandall was a woman, a mother, and an angel. As a young child, she lived with a total absence of endearment in a family overrun with alcoholism and mental instability. The hope of finding affection of any kind was made impossible at the hands of her insufferable grandmother. The only solace she found […]
Its Life
If your plans go wrong, as they sometimes will,And the hours seem long as you climb the hill;Remember, my friend, ’tis a part you play.You’ll find in the end a brighter day.It’s life. If a heart grows cold that was warmed just for you.And a friend you hold to be staunch and trueHas faithless turned, […]
Promises
Promises are presumed to be mechanisms for creating commitments that foster greater cooperation and trust. Promises revolve around the function to promote collaboration and trust through a voluntary commitment to a future action. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. From the time we are old enough to make a promise, we are capable of breaking a […]
Empathy From The Heart
Understanding another person’s feelings, perceptions, and thoughts is at the root of empathy. Feelings of the emotions of loved ones who have left us can also turn into sympathy, or sometimes personal distress. For someone on the spectrum, it can be filled with emotions that are hard or almost impossible to express, or for us to comprehend. Our […]
Let’s – Bring – Back
If you’ve ever longed to take a sentimental journey to the past, you might find yourself stuck in a world that doesn’t believe in stopping the clock or praising the righteousness of simple times. For most incurable nostalgists, it’s a path to preserve the sepia-drenched past when we are drowning in the newest, latest, fastest, […]
Embracing Change And Harvesting Mindfulness
Autumn, with its crisp air, rustling leaves, and kaleidoscope of warm colors, has a unique power to evoke a range of emotions and stir the soul. It’s a season that often delves into the depths of our psyche. For many, this transition from the warmth of summer to the coziness of fall can bring a […]
