A Mother's Utopia

Yesterday I attended my first writing class.  I have been wanting to attend for a while but free time is a limited commodity in my life.  The atmosphere of the class is warm, welcoming and safe.  The structure of the class is to greet everyone and go around to talk about what is happening in your world and to introduce yourself to any new people.  There is a prompt given which could be selected before the class ever started or it could come from the discussions of the group that may be more beneficial.  Once we receive the prompt we have 30-40 minutes to think and write what comes to mind.  After our writing time, we go around the group and those that want to share can.  It is amazing how one prompt manifests so many different ideas, stories and thoughts to be expressed.  We offer input as to how the other pieces resonated with us, how they made us see things in a different light, or how the style of writing or words used made us feel what th...

I feel like giving and trust work in tandem.   GIVING In some areas giving is easy for me, sometimes it is too easy.  I will give of my time, energy, strength, love (to those who are closest to me), determination and dedication to my workplace and commitments to others to my detriment and decline of health.  Giving of my finances is another story.  Money is tight and a negative bank account is a reoccurring factor the past couple of months.    TRUST That is a hard one.  Let down and disappointment one after another because I trusted people.  They were probably the wrong people to trust and I probably expected more than I should have.  Then again did I really expect more than I should have?  Lately, over the years, my thought process has been if I don't invest in GOD, people or myself I can't be let down.  I have been working on changing that thought process but it is not easy.  I am not going to live in f...