humanity
For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.
Cauterize
I’ve realized lately that I do not know how to relax. Seriously. I’m not just saying this. If I spend more than 5 minutes sitting on the couch reading or watching tv, I start to get anxious. My mind starts to race with all the things that I should be doing instead (i.e. cleaning, cooking, taking the dogs for a walk, etc.). Then, I get up off the couch, get angry with my self that I can’t just relax, and then go take a nap.
By Steven George5 years ago in Humans
Gemma's Surprise
Gemma's Surprise
By Katina LaSalle 5 years ago in Humans
Wake Up
Everyone made it to the wedding. The snow stayed away for safe travels. Oh my, how wonderful it is to be here in my white dress. Wendy just turned twenty-eight and graduated college. She works at the hospital and so do I. Her babies have grown so much as well as Autumn and Bradley. My beautiful nieces and nephews to be flower girls and ring bearers along with my handsome little guy.
By Scarlett Price5 years ago in Humans
Treehouse
The moment I saw the tree standing there against the creek, the sky opening up beyond it where the trees naturally parted at a wider spot in the creek, I knew I'd found the one. I'd been taking daily hikes through the woods behind my apartment complex for weeks. A narrow greenbelt with a paved walking path along the creek, the primary path, which I explored during my first few days of hiking. But on all the days since, I wandered off the main path, finding my way through the sometimes dense, sometimes sparse woods. Exploring, discovering, imagining. Eventually, I discovered lesser trails, long since forgotten trails. But once such trails fell out of use, the grasses, weeds, and roots began to reclaim the bare strips of earth, pulling them back into the unregulated pool of 'wilderness.'
By Shawn Ingram5 years ago in Humans
33 Things I’ve Learned Turning 33!!
Well, here are the 33 things I have learned so far during my humble time on planet earth!!! 1. ON PERFECTION I am not perfect, I am that, I am and pretending to be perfect doesn’t make us perfect!! I stumble, fall, and fail at times… Yep! I am human and so are you!!
By J Kensington5 years ago in Humans
Where's lunch being served?
I am living and I am learning especially when it comes to reactions to death. I am also embracing my many moods and writing articles accordingly. Thanks to Vocal's hundreds of categories to choose from, I can come up with a story based on practically anything. Today I am finding humor related to the way some people frequent funerals looking for a good meal. As a child, all the funerals I attended were held at the local Baptist church. After the deceased was buried in his or her grave, everyone went back to the family home to eat.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Humans
imagine
imagine if everyone said everything that popped into their head, had no filter, couldn't lie, and didn't have any way of changing their body or face. I feel like we would not have all of these fake, unrealistic expectations for ourselves. People wouldn't cheat, because they couldn't do it without getting away with it, and everyone would be forced to have honest conversations. Things would be so different. I really believe in that saying that we are a generation of really happy faces with sad souls, lonely souls, depressed souls, insecure, souls, and souls that reek of anxiety.
By 5 years ago in Humans
A Broken Heart
My heart is big and some things have broken it. The chains that were attached to my heart have been broken. It’s not a good thing because that bond I had for my first two children has been taken and cut in half. I used to beat myself up over it every single day about it’s my fault that he threw me out in front of my babies. How he took my babies from me when I was the only one they were close with and attached to. How he listens to his mom on everything. My motherhood was questioned. I’m not a bad mom and I’m a great wife. My husband has told me so himself. My husband has told me that my heart is so big that in a previous relationship that he took advantage of me and used me. That my ex knew the right time to throw me out and to take me to court. He had cops on his side when the children were supposed to be with their moms. He took me away from my friends and families. I had no one. It hurts that I get those memory notification pictures of my kids. I have to keep looking at them because I miss them and I love them so much. Will I ever feel better? Will I ever stop crying? How can I move forward when my ex tells me I’m a bad mother? I’m just the possessory nothing more. I don’t have any percentage of the children. They are going to hate me and it won’t make it any better and I pray every day that when they get older is that they get to have the chance to get to have me in their lives. I pray for the future and I pray for my painful broken heart with broken chains to be reattached. I will try to move forward and not allow people to turn me into a spiteful person because that’s not who I am. I’m sorry I keep talking about it but I just want my voice to be heard. I want to stop hurting so much. I know I have a new family now and a husband but it doesn’t change the fact I have children out there that do need a mother. No one has given me a chance to hear me out. They always silence me and I have grown tired of that. I’ve grown tired of being used and abused. I’m tired of being silent. How do you move on from all that hurt? I don’t understand what am I scared of? I mean I’m not slandering my children’s father's name. His name isn’t on here. But apparently, I’m the one hurting the children. I used to have so much hate but I don’t know anymore. I used to want to turn back time but then I wouldn’t have my current son and husband. I wouldn’t have a beautiful big home and my car. I have 3 beautiful male dogs and two kittens. Dog number one is a pit-boxer, Dog number two is a pit terrier and Dog number three is a German shepherd. Very beautiful male dogs. Two of them came from an abused home and we saved them from that. One I found when he was a baby four weeks old. The kittens we saved as well. I am very happy with what I have because I didn’t have it before. I didn’t even know how to completely drive. My husband taught me and I learned at age 24. Crazy right? I learned a lot from my husband and I’m currently interested In going to college which my husband is super supportive of. I’m getting to become something in life that I didn’t get to do before. I understand this isn’t worth losing and isn’t worth staying in pain for. Guys, I am writing what is on my mind.
By Gabriela Marcial5 years ago in Humans
