BEING THE LIGHT IN SOMEONE’S DARKNESS

I've prepared for my supervisor’s imminent retirement which was originally planned for April 2020, but that is also the same time the world was starting a shutdown due to Covid. He decided to stay and ride out the tidal wave of unchartered waters and ride the wave as a first-rated surfer not sure of...

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I’LL TAKE A SIDE OF THANKSGIVING

I didn’t learn or fully understand and appreciate what Thanksgiving meant until my third grade teacher, Mrs Bowling was telling the tale of the first Thanksgiving, vividly she shared their first meals and traditions and encouraged the class to share their own celebrations. In turn, she too, shared how...

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WHEN NOT TO CHEW ICE CUBES

Did a grown-up in your life ever tell you it’s rude to chew on your ice cubes and then further threaten and scare you by telling you, your teeth will crack or worse break? That hasn’t stopped me back when I was a child … at the same time, I will tell you even at 50 plus, I still chew on those...

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THE DAY TIME STOOD STILL

Every generation has its engraved moment when the day time stood still and will infamously live in our minds as if it were yesterday and can tell you with crystal precision about what transpired the whole day. I can recall four of them, and two still haunt me to this day. The first was when Space Shuttle...

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SEEING MYSELF THROUGH CARNIVAL MIRRORS

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE It took half of my life to learn to physically accept myself. I say half my life as I don’t anticipate living to 100 years-old....

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LIFE’S ONLY REWIND BUTTON IS A MEMORY

The parable, which is not only relatable but connects my post with lives of my audience. YMeJourney has has been all about sharing my journey in life; the people, the places, the experiences – the good, the bad and the ugly – no apologies (except to my high school Language Arts teacher, who probably...

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I’M THE RINGMASTER OF MY OWN PARADE

Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist from NYU psychologist uses an amazing analogy of the rider, the elephant and the path as it relates to how the rational and emotional parts of the brain often contradict each other and have to be taught to work together to get to their final destination. I am not...

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DID I EVER TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE MY HERO?

For my regular readers of my blog, they have gotten to know you, my parents. They have been by my side throughout my life’s journey; whether physically and now spiritually that Dad is no longer here terrestrially speaking. I feel I have neglected to talk about you, my mother in my blogs. Even though...

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MANAGING THE HIGHS AND LOWS

It’s all about balance. Looking back at both 2019 and 2020 was one of my worst couple of years I had and Covid-19 was the cherry on the sundae of those two years. A plethora of very stressful events occurred in my life and melted me down to my core. It seems like large pity party was being held in the...

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