Originally published on Elephant Journal on 9/4/2021.

Today I am overwhelmed with a flood of emotions. You see, 27 years ago my son was born brain dead because I was in full-on eclamptic...

Monday I began the Free 21 Day Meditation with Oprah and Deepak that was all over the internet.  Thus far, it has been great, and I would...

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I have to say over the past two months, I came to the realization that some people really, really love to fart, and some even more than...

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You have robbed me of my smile, not only the external one, but the internal one as well. I hate you almost as much as I hate myself right...

Where does one begin to forgive oneself? How does one undo the wrongs one has committed and erase the pain one has inflicted on those one...

I wish you would have introduced yourself earlier in my life. Perhaps you tried and I turned a cold shoulder because I was trying to run...

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Tonight instead of writing a long post, I was overtaken with emotion and had this poem come to me. I dedicate this poem to my dear...

Today as I waited to check in at my MD’s office, John Lennon began singing overhead, “People say I’m crazy, doin what I’m doin, Well they...