Finding Yourself in Another Place

Cause if you never leave home, never let go You’ll never make it to the great unknown till you keep your eyes open." -- Needtobreath I'm an ocean girl. For those of you who've read my memoir, I know you're shaking you're head right now and saying "duh." You've read how I spend hours running …

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My Dream(s)

There's a comfort, there's healing, high above the pain and sorrow. Change is coming, can you feel it? Calling us in to a new tomorrow. Won't you stand up, stand up, stand up? Won't you stand up you girls and boys?" --Sugarland, Stand Up As a part of an exercise with some middle school kids I visited …

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Rain themes: Changed “For Good”

Who can say if I've been changed for the better? But because I knew you, I have been changed for good." -- Wicked, For Good So, I think it's about time I talk about this quote -- this song -- a little bit.  I've held off on it for a while, quite frankly because it's just …

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