I attempted to write about this pandemic one hundred times. I'd start a piece then reevaluate my decision. Not today! Everything I need internally is in place for me to introduce my spin on this dreadfully rachet hot mess of a virus. I know it's bad and will be for a while. I am saddened …
HUMANITY The world is heavy it gets hard keeping steady. So much news is spewed in every direction. It’s got my mind way to busy sometimes, I’m a little dizzy. As I regain my focus I do a little hocus pocus to put things in perspective. Leaning on what my parents taught, love cures all. …
#BLACKLIVESMATTER
As I listen to all the chatter my heart feels battered. Black, white, what does it matter. BLACK LIVES MATTER, not that others don’t, entertain you today... I won't. Today we are talking about BLACK LIVES. BLACK LIVES that are unjustifiably feared thus hunted and ultimately terminated BLACK LIVES that are poisoned and desecrated BLACK …
Happy Mother’s Day?
The flood of mother's day wishes is somewhat overwhelming. It's not that I am not thankful or appreciative that so many people are thinking of me. Overwhelming because it's been 34 years since my mother passed. Her absence continues to gnaw at my core with so much pain, it's as if she left me yesterday. …
THE BIG “C”
There was a time when I thought I was immune to the big C. Not really though, I am not so naive. I did feel I was blessed beyond measure since somehow, I had not been personally affected since my dear friend Patsy was diagnosed with cancer in 1982. Patsy and I met in high …
LOVE IS COLORLESS
A few weeks ago, I spent an evening partying with a group of men and women. I would not ordinarily party with this group because of the age difference. Let's face it I could easily be the mother of everyone in the group. We were celebrating the birthday of a young lady that I absolutely …
56 years… Reflection
Oh, how I love September it's my birthday month. Before September departs I want to reflect. I cannot believe how fast time has moved. It is hard to fathom fifty-six years have passed. It seems like just yesterday I was cutting up in school dreaming about my future. Today, on this last day of September I …
STRANGER OF THE HUMANKIND
I fell in love at a gas station. Of all the places a gas station, I encountered a wonderful man. He was attentive, pleasant, respectful, courteous, and helpful. He was everything that one looks for in a human being. With all that's going on in America concerning race issues, political mayhem, immigration unrest, mass killings, and killings in …
Wait For It!
I call this one, Wait For It. I truly believe you have to wait for it. As hard as it is to wait, you must. Your heart will thank you. "It" defines whatever you are passionate about and what your heart desires. By no means am I suggesting in the waiting you simply just wait. Absolutely not! You …
Adoption Love, Finding Your Identity
We are born into a family with a mother, father, typically siblings, and an arsenal of extended family. We grow up knowing exactly where we come from, knowing who created us, who created our parents, and their parents. Most of us are fortunate to know our roots, who we look like, whose mannerisms we mirror, …
TRACI J. HINDS 