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LOOK, MA!
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When I was a toddler, my parents were just two kids themselves, trying to figure out how to do life. There was hardship, struggle, uncertainty, and lack of material things (oh, the horror!!) But, I wasn't aware of any of that back then -- partially because I was mostly just trying to conquer bladder control & shoe-tying, but, I like to think that my Mom also had a lot to do with it...
I remember our routine nature walks through the woods behind that little one-bedroom apartment. I remember the stinky glue sticks, and the cheap construction paper in every color of the rainbow. I remember having full creative control over the "pictures" that I made with my collected leaves, rocks, and natural treasures.
And, I remember being damn happy about it.
Mom made it that way, by (purposely or not) teaching infinitely valuable life lessons: Keep close to nature; Use what you've got; Creativity has no limits (aside from eating the glue).
Decades later, I'm still out here weaving my Nature finds into pictures (with much less glue involved these days). Mom planted a seed in my soul a long time ago, and I wouldn't want it any other way!
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Posted on May 14, 2017BoneFish TalesBF Tales2017StoryBlogWritingJournalOutdoorsNatureMomHeartRocksDetailsCreative
Different, or Beautiful?!
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The Desert Wildflower:
She doesn't question if she "belongs" or "fits in."
She doesn't look around to see who is watching.
She doesn't shrink herself to fit into the mold of the masses.
She just grows.
She shows up anyways.
She does what she knows how to do.
Unapologetically.
And, it is enough.
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Posted on April 29, 2017BoneFish TalesBF Tales2019StoryBlogWritingJournalPoemOutdoorsNatureInspirationBeautyDesert WildflowerFlora
HOME
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A freshly-awakened perspective (while left to my own devices 32,000-feet in the sky): 'Home' is a subjective term...
Home is a physical place -- a specific town, a particular house, familiar faces, recognizable sights & sounds... Home is every place your roots ever were, currently are, & ever will be.
Home is also a mental state, a feeling within. Home is something you have at your beck & call at all times, like the good luck charm you carry in your back pocket...because YOU are your home.
So, when you get lost & think you can't find your way -- take a deep, deep breath... & come back home, to you.
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Posted on August 24, 2017BoneFish TalesBF Tales2017StoryBlogWritingJournalTravelHomeLife On The RoadFlightAirplaneAerialCloudsInspiration