I am a proud Moe. DJ rocked her 2nd degree black belt test – a test that has been 2 years in the making. DJ started taekwondo when she turned 8. She loved it. She lived it. She dreamed it. Her drawings were all girls doing various kicks. Her stories were inspired by the martial…
Tag: reflective
Finding the Light
I’m feeling mushy. Squishy too, but that’s a different problem, if you will. When a combination of stress, lack of sleep and allergies come together, I fly high on the adrenaline, then I crash. I feel down. I feel low. I feel sensitive. I feel mushy – or more like overly emotional in certain areas….
Keeping the Karma Clean
Sunday afternoon while exchanging some messages with a friend, I had a moment of clarity. As I gave her advice on something, I realized it was advice I had needed in the past. Advice that echoed in my head and my heart – and made me immediately realize I owed someone an apology. I won’t…
Processing
I remember the first time an unexpected reaction ever occurred in the bedroom. I had just had an earth-shattering orgasm. And as I laid there catching my breath, I felt the tears streak down my face. I was not sad. I was not upset. Yet, my emotional response at this intense moment was tears. I…
Good-Bye
Have you ever had one of those moment where you knew that this was the end? And despite how you framed the situation to yourself, you found yourself overcome by emotion? Yeah – that. Last night, I had a playdate with a partner who I’ve been play partners with for about 10 months. We connected…
Consistency
I was reading something about leadership the other day when a person responding to the article comment about how “inconsistency paralyzes those around you as a leader”. Think about those word regardless of the leadership – “inconsistency paralyzes those around you.” As I began thinking about these words, I realized how I could apply them to many…
A New Chapter
I did something scary earlier this year. I said, I need another perspective – and I asked for help. Open relationships, intertwined friendships and relationships, and relationship changes threw my mind and emotions into a tail spin – and my logical brain could not cope. I felt broken. I didn’t like my thinking. I didn’t…
Is It Drama? Or It Is Memorex?
For the point of this post, we are going to accept the second definition of drama. Why am I fixated on drama? I was recently accused of “idle drama”. Simply put, I was pissed off that I was accused of such a thing. I try to stay out of drama. I sit back and watch…
Growing Thorns
I was clipping my rose bushes this morning (not a euphemism) when I noticed my thornless bush had grown thorns. As I pulled the thorn out of my finger, I began to wonder, what prompted this rose bush – this beautiful, happy bush – to grow thorns. Before anyone gives me a scientific reason why…
Choosing
I choose happy. Some people wonder how happiness can be a choice, but for me, it is. I look at situations – examine how I could respond. I look at the situation closer and think about the consequences of each response. And I choose happy instead of the others. I save my battle – my…
