My kids

My kids don’t respond to me the way they do because I have autism and they have autism. My kids respond so well to me because I don’t see all that they aren’t, I don’t see all they can be, I see everything that they are. I see all that they will be, and then…

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I swam naked in the freezing ocean…

That’s a true story, but we’ll get to that later… “I wrote you a love letter and then tossed it into the ocean. Now only my soul and Poseidon knows what it said.” I wrote that yesterday while sitting on the edge of the Pacific Ocean in southern Washington State. Cape Disappointment, for those who…

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Relationship Status

I had recently changed my Facebook relationship status to “In a complicated relationship”. Now say what you want about your Facebook friends, but mine really are the best in the world! (even the people I frustrate every day with endless quotes from Buddha and Snoopy) My friends immediately surrounded me, like a wagon train, and…

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Reach

Though broken, my heart soars Falling deeper into eyes that don’t see me Running on dreams destine to fail Falling like rain into the rivers of  my lost soul I reach for you and again you pull away Leaving the essence of fear in the air Is it fear or regret? Do you see me?…

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Bobae

Your smile looks back at me like a ghost A haunting mirror image of my own crooked grimace Days are always brighter when you’re near Good and bad From your world coming to an end dramas To our early morning cuddles You’ll always be my baby My bobae A precious treasure kept deep in my…

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Wild Flowers

There is a certain sadness in the rain The heavens crying, mourning some great loss, some great love. The moon hides The sun has ran away Fragments of my broken heart are spread like wild flowers across the universe And you gather them Water them Use light from your own soul to mend my heart…

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Deeper

Alone Trapped inside Somewhere searching Finding new life in your eyes Fallen The rabbit hole seems deep Better hurry, we’ll be late To go nowhere Together There is no yesterday There is no tomorrow Only now, only this moment Touching you My body shakes I’ve gone speechless Your lips are all I see Your lips…

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Is cheating an option? No…

I’ve refocused my life on helping people. When I have two calls in one week (and it’s only Tuesday), one male and one female, asking the same question that I don’t have a legitimate answer for it’s crazy. The question: Why do people cheat? Like I supposed to know that when I can’t even figure…

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I am or I have? But you look so normal…

I’ve put a lot of thought into this post. Yeah yeah, I don’t post much anymore. I really do have a lot going on. Anyway, this post… I’ve put a lot of thought into if I should even write it or not. If you know me in person it might actually come to surprise you….

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