Sunday, May 26, 2013
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
A Horrific Journey
When you think about a journey, you imagine all sorts of fantastic events, encounters, and trials. Today, Mother's Day 2013, I was thinking about a journey which I have never taken nor wish too; but I have seen it with several individuals I have known. It must be a horrific journey; considering what these people have done and do in order to accomplish it....Accomplish it? People accomplish a journey that is horrific? Yes, everyday.
Picture this (for some reason I feel like Sophia in Golden Girls), you are sitting in your living room, reading, talking, whatever, when something grabs your attention outside. You look out the window and stare with disbelief as a black car pulls to a stop on your neighbor's lawn, (yeah, on the lawn). Your neighbor runs out of her house, the person in the car rolls down the window, she hands whomever it is a wad of bills (lots of them) and a plastic bag with white stuff is given to her. The car takes off with a roar, and your neighbor runs back inside. She closes the house up tight, you never see her again that day. Yeah, you've just witnessed a drug buy. Cocaine. Oh and by the way, the electricity gets turned off, or the water for the bill wasn't paid. No, the money went for some white powder. Now while you are being the person observing this, imagine what it must be like for your neighbor.
You snorted some coke, liked it. Did some more. Loved the high, it made you forget your troubles. You want more and more. Your kids come home. Don't bother mommy, she's not feeling well. But there's nothing to eat. Here take this and go to where ever. Mommy needs to take some more medicine. The days go by, no food, suddenly no money. I need to get it. I'll pawn or sell my daughter's camera, ipod, xbox, whatever. I gotta have it. Yeah, the white powder has you, it owns you. Mommy, mommy! I gotta have it. Money, I gotta get some money. LEAVE ME ALONE! Mommy, I'm hungry! I've sold everything. Let me ask my neighbor for some money...$50. Got $50! Here brats! Is there enough? Maybe some pills will help. Roxies, vicodin, anything. Wash it down with alcohol! I'm flying! Dropped! Need more! Family....took some money from brother, sister, mom, dad, whomever! Bring me some! Going high! Crash! Jail time. Crash. Loss of friends. Crash! Family gone! Crash! Out of jail! I'm good. Just one snort. That's all. Flying high!
Yeah, it's a journey all right, a journey from hell! It's horrific! Imagine the hell. How about all the people who have OD and just been left by their buddies. Many died alone...alone. It's drugs. It's pills. It's coke. It's pot laced with something. In the end it's you, alone. A horrific journey.
Do us, the ones who love you and care, don't start, if you have get help and get off. Do it for you. You need a better journey than the hell you have given yourself. Yes, every day someone dies in the state of Florida. Actually a lot do from drug abuse. Ten years ago, it was a young man in the neighborhood. His buddies dumped him at his grandma's. His kid sister found him. He died alone. The neighbor you watched, still doing it and has lost everything. Many ministrokes and still can't stop. It's a trap. It's hell. Say a prayer or send good thoughts. Hell on earth.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
Mother's Day Journey
Journeys are filled with all sorts of adventures. Some are fun; some not so much, but the real adventure of a journey isn't the beginning, the middle, or the end. No, the real adventure is all the little things in between which when brought together compose the purpose of the journey. Yeah, I know, what the heck am I talking about? Think about it. This weekend we celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, May 12th. It's a day in which we all are supposed to acknowledge mother's everywhere (especially our own) and honor the influence our mother's have had on society and the American culture. No, it isn't a day to go to the beach and work on our tans! (Bummer!) Nor is it a day to go out get drunk and have a nice family fight! It isn't even really about going out and buying the most expensive gift for mom just so we can be the sibling who spent the most on dear old mom! Nope, it's all about recognizing our moms, honoring them, and seeing what they did to help our society. At least that's what it meant in 1908 when Anna Jarvis held a memorial service for her mother. After she saw the success her idea had, she began working with Congress to make Mother's Day a holiday which would be recognized. IT worked! She did it! IN 1914, Mother's Day became a holiday in the United States. It's just that it didn't hold the reverence she wanted to expose other Americans too...Or rather the type of reverence she was seeking to share with other Americans. Yep, you got it! By the time the "roaring 20s" decade arrived, Jarvis was filled with disappointment for Big Business found a great way to commercialize it and make a pretty good profit. Yes, you know the rest, we are overwhelmed every year on the 2nd Sunday of May to purchase cards, flowers, jewelry, and other gifts which we proffer to our mothers as we move solidly along with society's view of ourselves and our mothers exposed. Did we get the right gift? Is the card sappy enough? How about a funny card? Gag gift? So many different items to choose from!
So, what does this have to do with journeys and adventures? It's a journey of discovery! Discovering ourselves and morals! Discovering our true feelings about our moms and what they DID do to influence society. It's an adventure to see what WE learned not only from our moms, but from society. It's an awakening on understanding who we are and what we stand for! Sometimes its fun and sometimes its not; but it does indicate who we are and the type of journey we are traveling on. The most interesting aspect of this is that each year we celebrate Mother's Day it is always new and ever changing. Just as our life journey is always confronted with obstacles or incentives leading to new openings or paths to explore. FUN! Yep, always something interesting and it's always the little things that bring the happiest smiles and hugs from moms. IN the end it is the stories and memories which remain and will be either remembered fondly or sadly....it depends on our journey and who we share this particular adventure with. Enjoy! Have Fun! and maybe, just maybe, think about what Anna Jarvis wanted to share with us....A day in which we thank our mothers for all they have done or not done (which ever you have had) and think, discuss, and talk about the role mothers played in influencing society. Happy Mother's Day to all the women who have influenced me! Especially, my mom and my stepmom! Love you both!
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