by Shauna | Sep 22, 2017 | Inspiration
You choose who you are. Nobody else gets to do that. Sure, your parents and family or in some cases, some other individual(s) who may have raised you (foster family, friends, etc.) influenced parts of your life. They may have directed and guided you down the path they...
by Shauna | Aug 30, 2017 | Inspiration
I don’t know what the rules of “etiquette” are in other countries, but in the U.S., it is customary to send flowers after someone has died. As a matter of fact, it seems that flowers are sent, more often than not, when something bad has happened. No...
by Shauna | Aug 21, 2017 | To Think on, Inspiration, Life, Random Thoughts
I think the biggest service I have done for my son is to teach him to “question everything”. It has been a mantra I have lived with my entire life. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. What does this have to do with being a freedom thinker? I was...
by Shauna | Aug 7, 2017 | To Think on, Life
Perhaps you have heard the term “agree to disagree.” For those who may not know it simply means that since neither one of us is going to change our view and/or opinion, rather than going around in circles, we simply agree to disagree. Doing this allows us...
by Shauna | Jul 27, 2017 | Inspiration, Life
Did you know you can turn someone’s day around by offering them a smile? A kind word? A simple gesture? We live in a world that has become so attached to our “things” that we often miss opportunities to touch someone else. Is your phone so important...
by Shauna | Jul 8, 2017 | Life, To Think on
I love the buzz words we are throwing around in our society today. We come across something and then we label someone with it; usually because they don’t agree with us. Well, those who live in glass houses really shouldn’t throw stones. Very rarely do I speak...
by Shauna | Jul 1, 2017 | Grief and Loss, Life
When the world slams you, you pick yourself up; sometimes this means clawing and screaming your way until you can stand on your own and find yourself being able to take just one step. That one step will lead you to the next and the next. Sometimes you are required to...
by Shauna | Jun 14, 2017 | Writing
You should be running home, but you’re all alone trying to survive barely getting by do you need me? do you want me? I hear you calling out saying nothing at all it’s a wasted dream and I still sit here waiting I cried when you walked by I left the tears alone to dry...
by Shauna | May 5, 2017 | Grief and Loss, Life
How do we honor life? What happens when the person you were traveling life’s path with disappears unexpectedly? Even if you know that person’s life, your partner’s, end is coming? How do we move forward when the world has suddenly stopped? The thing...
