The best policy

Is it possible to be too honest, or is honesty always the best policy? Lies, even good intended ones, can be a source of a lot of confusion and suffering. At the end the truth prevails anyway. Is better to be always honest. No matter the consequences. My Mom had to...
Fifteen Minutes

Fifteen Minutes

You have 15 minutes to address the whole world live (on television or radio — choose your format). What would you say? I have a stage panic. So I would probably make a TV program with footage of everything but me. The first image would be a map of the wars and...
The Unknown Blogger

The Unknown Blogger

October 16th is officially declared “Person X Day” — and you get to pick Person X. Tell us about someone who deserves to be commemorated. October 16th is actually Blog Action Day so I’ll pick the Unknown Blogger for the Person of the Day to be honoured. And...
The Holy Land

The Holy Land

If you could pause real life and spend some time living with a family anywhere in the world, where would you go? I would travel to the Holy Land to visit the places where my Lord was born, lived, died and resurrected for us and other biblical places. I could do it in...
Because she’s mine

Because she’s mine

Write a six-word story about what you think the future holds for you, and then expand on it in a post. I’ll be there for Mom It’s my turn. She has always been there for me. When I was little, of course, as a loving mother of five. I was the middle child....
Fighting hate

Fighting hate

“…He is about my age. His eyes are cold when he looks at me and barks me orders. But sometimes I can see he is tired and sometimes even scared. Who knows what happened to him to make him take the weapons and hit the mountains. Who knows why he is so harsh....
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