“If people don’t like me, I don’t want them to like me. I don’t put on airs for nobody and I don’t kiss nobody’s ass.” These are wise words from my grandmother. She stands about five feet tall and 110 pounds. She’s an Iowa girl and has been her whole life. She’s raised three kids, … Continue reading “I don’t want them to like me.”
I was practically hyperventilating as I trudged up the rocky path alone. Why again did I agree to hike up a mountain? I hate hiking. I know I hate hiking. Why am I here, in this moment? ALONE?? Due to my ever impressive ability to take more time than anyone else while “hiking” (aka breathing … Continue reading You don’t need a silver lining when you’ve got the whole sky
“It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant … Continue reading If I wanted mudpies I would live in the dirt.
