Imagine discovering that the child you have just given birth to, the one that has come fresh from your womb after nine tiring months, the one that has just sucked in his first life-giving breath and wailed his first cry has been diagnosed with the life sentence of Cerebral Palsy. Imagine for one moment, the […]
The Dried Up, Cracked,Withered and Ugly Truth.
There is an immense crater, the size of a small lake. Where water once flowed from a nourishing stream into the crystal clear waters of this lake, now the stream is a barren river bed. Dust drifts away at the slightest breeze, deepening the crevice, cracking the ground. Where the lake used to be, the underwater plants have shriveled from the sun’s glare, lying flat against the hard, hot surface of the crater. It smells like death.
The Art of Bending
“Change. Adapt. Bend so as not to be broken. Let opportunity guide your actions.” ~Wayne Gerard Trotman, Veterans of the Psychic Wars Over the weekend, in the midst of what had been a sweltering hot cobalt blue-skied day, darkness descended, the wind gathered its forces and reigned terror over the land for several terrifying moments. […]