Jé Suis!

        Jamila is a lover of many things, but particularly she is a lover of life. She is the most giving and selfless person I know. Battling with Lupus since the age of 19, Jamila's loving spirit continues to shine brightly on all those she meets.  However, this disease is now taking a serious toll on her life.

Jamila is 33 years old and has recently had her 2nd open heart surgery. She struggles with complications due to her lungs putting severe amounts of pressure on her heart.  Raising 2 ...

To make life interesting, I try one new thing a month.  One thing that I've never done before.

Well in January, I hosted my first Vision Board party, in February I wrote a poem and posted it on the
internet.  I am stuck for March and I NEED YOUR HELP! 

What I've decided is that you (my online family) will decide my Something New for March
(no bungee jumping or sky diving!).

Please send me one or two suggestions and I will put them all together and take a poll. 

Once I have my Something New, I wi...

Does reality change, or does our perception of reality change?

I was recently discussing this with a dear friend of mine the other day.  I told her that I believe that our reality changes as quickly as I stroke these keys.  From one moment to the next our reality is constantly changing. 

My girlfriend (lets call her Jasmine) stated that reality doesn't change....our perceptions do. 

HUH??  At first I thought...'Ok, you just signed up for a debate, honey. This is gonna be easy.'
That was my ego t...

We've all had one of those situations where a good friend of ours feels the need to share something personal in their life.  Sometimes we are open to hear it and to be quite honest...sometimes we're not.

Whether the story is complaining about their nasty coworkers, their suckish job, their ungrateful kids or their demon spouse...whenever you hear these stories you start to get a little ticked off...like you're in their shoes, right? 

Would it be against the unwritten 'law of true friendship' f...