A lighter read on celebrating love – not just romance – this Valentine’s Day. Read my latest on The Elephant Journal.
Category: Holiday
My Valentine Wish.
It is so easy for us to get caught up in the commercialization of Valentine’s Day.
Flowers, candy and cards filled with words that give our feelings a voice. Restaurant reservations a must and all kinds of expensive add-ons appear on the menu – from rose placement on the table, musicians to serenade you with songs of love or a high priced bottle of champagne to toast your love. Continue reading “My Valentine Wish.”
The Soul of Eros.
That day of love is fast approaching and soon our calendars will land on February 14, most popularly known as Valentine’s Day.
It creeps up on us every year. Twenty-four hours of sadness and longing for broken hearts and those who are desperately yearning for their other halves. Twenty-four hours of bliss for those who have found a romantic partner and celebrate the commercialization of Eros, the passionate love defined in Greek mythology as a desire for another person’s physical body. Continue reading “The Soul of Eros.”
In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The ‘no resolutions’ resolution.
We as human beings tend to go to extremes when it comes to anything in life. Spend cash like drunken sailors then restrict our spend like misers. Binge drink over the holidays then do DryJanuary. Stuff ourselves sick with sugar, fat and tasty treats then diet and exercise like mad come the new year.
Continue reading “The ‘no resolutions’ resolution.”‘Twas the night before Christmas.
Though I’ve had my Christmas tree and decorations up since Halloween -yes, you read that correctly! – I still cannot believe that Christmas is on our doorstep. That being said, I also cannot believe that COVID-19 has kept us in most of this year and I’ve been working remotely since March.
The passing of time is such an intriguing thing. Moments can stand still and minutes can feel like days. Hours can pass like seconds and a year can fly in the blink of an eye. As a child, it took forever for December 25th to land on the calendar and the end of the school year couldn’t come fast enough. As an adult, we are baffled by the fact that we were 21 yesterday and woke up 51 today, thirty years passing so quickly that we hardly recognize that aging soul staring back at us in the mirror. Girl, that wrinkle fairy has been coming around! Continue reading “‘Twas the night before Christmas.”