• Neglected

    I knew my life was going downhill when I saw the flowers in the front garden had started to wilt. The petunias were my grandmother’s pride and joy and when the flowers went downhill, I knew her health was declining.  The problem being that just last week, she had been her perfectly normal and healthy…

  • Adopt

  • Brutal

    I never knew brutal until I left my parents’ house for the very first time.  Until that very moment, I never considered that every family didn’t have a housekeeper, a chauffeur, and a chef on call at all hours.  I didn’t know everyone didn’t have an extra vacation house or two.  When I finally went…

  • Aging

    “A tip on aging…  do it in style…” I knew I would always remember the last thing my grandfather said.  As well as the fact that I didn’t know if I was going to laugh or cry.  He was the consummate joker and of course he would go out in style.  But as my grief…

  • Mindfulness Classes

    I have been teaching an adult gentle yoga class at the library where I work for a little over a year and have just recently added a yoga/mindfulness into the mix. It took quite a bit of convincing for my boss to let me teach another class as I am the Youth Librarian wanting to…

  • Like a Hurricane

  • Change of Scenery

    Photo Prompt © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields  As soon as I stopped and looked over my shoulder at the house I had just left, I knew I was finally home. Finally where I belonged. After spending way too many years in the hustle and bustle of the city, I was finally surrounded by the peace and quiet…

  • Grandma’s Bash

  • Ballad of Freedom

  • Survival

    I knew middle school would be survival of the fittest, but I didn’t know until I was in eighth grade.  Didn’t realize my ‘friends’ weren’t really my friends until that year.  Didn’t realize those who I thought cared about me didn’t really care at all.  The more time I spent alone in the presence of…