Blank Slate

We never really have a blank slate.  Do we?  But we can erase as much as possible, in order to feign a “brand new start.”  Here’s the problem, though.  Our future is inextricably tied to our past.  We are who we are today, in part because of what happened to us yesterday. How do we…

10 Long Years

10 years is such a long time. And yet it’s not.

Stuck in the mourning

If every moment could be like now.  Stuck in the morning.  Clear and quiet.  My windows are open.  I can still hear the birds chirping, a dog barking, some cars moving in the distance, and a light breeze wafting through the room.  By quiet, I mean I don’t feel like anyone is invading my space. …