Friday afternoon gave us a good glimpse of spring. New leaves were beginning to cover winter-bare branches. I was running errands. The sun was out, car windows were open, the air was spiked with the essence of . . . exhaust. (There was a lot of traffic at that moment.) While waiting at a red light, I noticed blackbirds dropping from the row of Mimosa Trees in front of me. At … [Read more...] about All your life…you were only waiting for this moment…
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Worn Shoes
I was young when I first understood what it meant to "put yourself" in someone else's shoes. Those words changed the way I thought. They taught me one of the most valuable lessons in life and set me on the road to being a writer. It's a simple concept, putting yourself in someone's shoes. It takes empathy to wear what they wear, walk where they walk, see what they see, live the … [Read more...] about Worn Shoes
