Cheeky Chatty

This weekend a man 12 years my senior and newly divorced told me that he needs to learn from me.  For years he has been use to the presence and affection of his wife, and can't stand being without it.  Previous in the day, he asked if I have ever spent Thanksgiving alone, and I told him yes and all other holidays as well.  Later he asked when was my birthday, and I told him that it was last month and I spent the weekend here with his sister (I didn't feel the need to mention that it was my birthday).  Barb expressed how she forgot and felt bad.  I told them that it was fine, as I've never really celebrated my birthday as an adult. Suddenly I was forced to realize my life, in which I expressed the following to John.  As a child I never considered myself a people person and relished in being alone.  I remember being in the first grade imagining that I was an astronaut in a spaceship all alone exploring the galaxy.  Looking through the window of m...

Pulsating...reverberating, into a spot of where something use to be. Removed by the thought of skewered reality. It use to beat out blood entrenched with love. Until it sickened itself and gave completely up. Misused and overworked for people not there. The heart can give up after so much wear and tear.     

I get slightly irritated when something major happens for a black person, and then people post things like "we" won.  What's with the division talk?  Divided enough as we are, how is it winning?  Will I get a check in the mail for a black person breaking a barrier?  I have yet to receive one.  What people here in America fail to realize is that we are one nation.  Other countries do not identify us as the United States of Different Races, but as the United States of America.  I have yet to read a BBC article outlining the U.S. news by race.  Do they do that in South Africa? What we have to realize is that it is up us to ourselves to build up each other.  I can't live comfortably knowing a friend of mine is having hard times.  I will offer help and advice, and if they choose to take it...so be it.  Also, people here need to realize the resources and opportunities we have and take advantage of them.  It's so easy fo...