Creating Imaginative Worlds with Writing
Today I celebrated 15 years of marriage to my beautiful wife Delia. It’s hard to imagine I have been married this long and at the same time it feels like a blink of an eye. My wife is such a hard worker, its apart of her DNA since I met her, even today as I… Continue reading Celebrating 15 Years of Marriage: Our Journey Together
Happy Birthday Mom (Linda Gutierrez), it has been always ten years since you have been with us, but you are missing every day. You would have been celebrating your 66th birthday today. Imagining we would be celebrating your birthday simply at your favorite restaurant, Olive Garden, you were simple like that no fancy restaurants and… Continue reading Celebrating the Life and Legacy of My Late Mother
Shame is a prevalent part of my life each day, I wake up with shame and I go to sleep with shame, as one of the main themes in my life for years now which is one of the reasons I wrote Runaway, Shame, my memoir out December 1st, yes that is my shameless plug,… Continue reading Confronting Career and Financial Shame: My Journey
I often play conversations in my head, not sure if anyone does what you may say to a person at home, at work in various scenarios. I re-play words/conversations in my might regularly in how I am going to explain to my family one when I am no longer here. Sadly the only conversation I… Continue reading The Voices in My Head
Second chances are always appreciated in our lives whether it’s a second chance at a relationship or a career or to rebuild. I can honestly say I have gotten a few second chances in life especially after my Suicide attempt in 2007. At that point in my life which I was in my mid-twenties I… Continue reading Overcoming Adversity: How Second Chances Change Lives
The author reflects on feeling a loss of personal joy despite loving their family. They reminisce about brighter times and battle inner turmoil, believing their own value is diminishing. Writing serves as an escape and a legacy, while they grapple with life's challenges and existential thoughts about significance and worth.
Mother's Day evokes mixed emotions. For some, it’s a painful reminder of loss, like the author's mother, who passed away in 2015, despite her struggles and sacrifices. The author also reflects on his wife’s hard work and love for their daughter, urging others to cherish their mothers, acknowledging both their humanity and flaws.
Rage in Amerika is at an all time high as we continue to encourage hate, spread hate and live in a self dealing mind state to Lie, cheat, steal and murder our way to get what we want. I ask is there hope for us at times.
It feels great to look forward to things in life, like a vacation, a promotion, a baby, a marriage, the lists goes now. Sadly, I don’t have many of these moments anymore, although yes there are those milestones likes birthdays and celebrations I look forward to, but those happen each year. I guess for myself,… Continue reading The Distortion of a Fragile Mind on Edge
The holidays are a time of self-reflection. What we consider to be most important. Although one could look at life and see and say I have nothing to be down about and in my opinion, there is always something we could be down about, life is not perfect after all. For myself I have my… Continue reading Giving Myself the Gift of 4 more years of Life
