I have a special perspective on the phrase: “Blood is thicker than water,” a saying who’s origins can be traced all the way back to 12th century Germany, because although I did and do have blood relatives out there, most of them I have not seen since 1996 after my mother’s death. Going into the […]

Care. It’s a simple word, a four letter word not as nasty as some others you may or may not know, as a matter of fact the definition is the opposite of a curse, but a blessing. As far as a definitive definition, it is one of those words that goes far beyond what you […]

Summer seems to be in full swing and with it comes all the heat one can handle, doubly so where the majority of the people reading this article are located. For me it’s a love and hate affair with the highly hot days of Summer, due to it always being in the way of either […]

I often use a phrase that I have come to dislike, and that phrase is ‘move the needle.’ At first glance it seems innocent enough, a phrase that should not really be causing anyone any harm or anxiety. I believe I found it through media about basketball, such as when my favorite team made a […]

Making Changes They say there are certain kinds of wisdom that comes with both age and experience, and although the word ‘wisdom’ seems like we are talking about some mystical and mysterious knowledge, there is indeed a correlation between living through something and knowing how to better handle it. For the last few years (if […]