Archive for category: Hope and Light

Where do I Go from Here?

Charlene K November 24, 2023 Hope and Light 6

I wrote previously that after years of working hard to understand myself in light of my incessant desire to live as a female, searching the complexities of gender incongruity, and doing my best to suppress, repress, deny, eradicate, or compromise my feminine self because of my st...

if not a then b: if a then not b

Michelle Lawson September 21, 2023 Emotions, Hope and Light 7

Math and science. And they have helped begat a world where more and more people fear the beauty of human interaction. They are more comfortable in relinquishing the joy of looking into someone’s eyes, seeing another smile, hearing a gentle voice, looking at the grandeur of all ...

Mental Health

Ms. Catherine (Cathy) Vos August 26, 2023 Hope and Light 6

Mental Health. What does Mental Health look like? Mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well, work well, and contribute to their community. In an uncomplicated way, mental illness is ...

Perspectives

Sabrina MacTavish April 5, 2023 Hope and Light 6

Spring is in the air… Or is it? Looking out my Iowa window, I see a group of Robins pecking through snow to find something to eat. This time last year, I was playing my first round of golf. I hope April Fools this year isn’t one for the ages. Every day I am reminded of where ...

About that…

Sabrina MacTavish February 22, 2023 Hope and Light 6

About that… This world is about more than me, something that I am reminded of daily. Trying to put me into perspective is hard, difficult to say the least and never easy at all. What, who, am I? Ask me again tomorrow and the answer will be different if not a complete reversal o...

Lessons Learned

Carly Holloway February 1, 2023 Hope and Light 12

Here’s a hearty howdy to y’all. It’s been nearly two years since I’ve written because life got busy. In retrospect, it was a good outcome, and I was able to focus sharply on myself. I’ve lived 70 active years on this planet, at least 60 of them in d...

A Tale of Two Necklaces

Michelle Liefde September 18, 2022 Hope and Light 9

It was the best of clasps; it was the worst of clasps. Sorry couldn’t help it, I thought of the title on my way to work one day, more on that in a moment… To start, I have two necklaces that have become symbolic of Michelle. The first was given to me a very long time ago by m...

Silent Discrimination – A Curse or a Blessing!

Ms. Catherine (Cathy) Vos August 31, 2022 Hope and Light 15

They say the eyes are the windows to your soul. How far that can be taken as truth is yet to be seen but let me get through this, and it’s my hope you understand the complexity of that statement. If you look at the accompanying picture, what do you see? A person having a cup of...

Mother’s Day 2022

Cynthia S May 4, 2022 Hope and Light 0

As Mother’s Day approaches, I hope those of you who are fortunate enough to still have your mom around appreciate the gift that you have. I wrote this back in May 2011 just a week or two after my mom passed away and posted it as a forum post in 2016, and again in 2019. I added ...

A Matter of Perspective

Sabrina MacTavish September 8, 2021 Hope and Light 8

Our lives today have never been more influenced by others and outside pressures than it is now. Independent thinking has given way to repetitive reasoning as strongly (or officially) suggested by those in charge, in positions of power, or in their self-prescribed strategic stagin...