Drowqueen

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• The Enemy Within…

  

  When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm. I want you to think about that for a moment. It has taken me two days to process the death... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…

  

  One of my biggest faults, or one of my biggest assets depending on how you look at it, is my inability to keep quiet when wrongs are being done. Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• On My Ever Changing Life…

  

  I was minding my own business. Okay, I might have already been feeling a tiny bit sorry for myself, but it’s because I am tired out and I only managed to do... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…

  

  SO last week, someone tried to steal my joy. I like that saying only because my old Principal would look at me and say “No one is going to steal the “J” from... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• A Tribe…

  

  Sometimes I have to mentally prepare myself for things. As I mentioned, I was going back to yoga. I looked up the benefits of yoga for fibromyalgia and decided... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…

  

  Procrastination. Excuses. Reasons why your path looks like Billy’s from The Family Circus when he had a job to do. I don’t want to hear it. We all know deep dow... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…

  

  My plan was to write about something else today, but I can’t stop thinking about my pain, so I guess someone must need me to write this. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• And Cue Hilarious Sitcom…

  

  Sometimes, I think there is a show being written about my family.  I know at any minute someone is going to pop out of the bushes and yell “cut!” or maybe just... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• War on Me…

  

  I suspect that if I were to take the posts about my food issues and put them together in a book, it would be helpful to many people.  I will briefly try to... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…

  

  You must do the hard things in life. You must do the things other people don’t think you have the power to do. Don’t doubt yourself or hold back from your... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…

  

  There are days I write these and I think, “What could I have to say at a time like this that would motivate anyone?”  And then I write anyway.  Today is... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…maybe

  

  My husband had his high school reunion…well, sort of his.  Apparently, they don’t mind if you were around that year and can make it since it was Heidelberg,... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…

  

  Today is my husband’s name day.  Day of birth as you might call it.  Years ago, I met a shy poet who told me the only thing he wanted for his birthday, was... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Naiveté…

  

  I like this definition:  having or showing a lack of experience, judgement, or information; credulous.  She’s so naive she believes everything she reads. A... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Exquisite Spell…

  

  Brief overview of the last 17 years.  Phone call New Year’s Eve 1997, cancerous cells found so I had to have a few procedures on my cervix. Sorry guys, but... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• On Being Friends…

  

  I saw some photos pop up in my news feed which reminded me I needed to message my friend again.  I had been trying to get together with her since February. Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…”Grit”

  

  What makes others succeed in business or even life, while others do not?  Grit.  Plain and simple.  I really like this idea from http://www.ted. Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Don’t Stop…believing

  

  If life were a person, I would slap him or her. Hard. So let me back up. Friday night I went out to chat with some friends I hadn’t seen in a long time. Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Motivational Monday…or How to Take Risks

  

  So, here’s how to take “risks” safely: save your money plan every second of your life work until you die or retire (whatever comes first) wait for the “right”... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Words of a Poet…

  

  On the Facebook fan page today, I salute the writer Maya Angelou. There are so many beautiful quotes from her, that I really would have a hard time choosing jus... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION