Love and Respect

Frustrated Girlfriend

Frustrated Girlfriend Please help me to not kill my boyfriend.When he leaves the toilet seat up,keep my voice from becoming shrill.When he responds to my conversation in cave man speak,keep my hand from hitting the back of his head.When he smells like a locker room,keep my requests for hygiene civil.When he gives me a gift that's really for him,keep my...

Little Women

Little Women They're all hair, nails, lips slick wet with ripe cherry gloss. They pout and turn on their heels and toes, winking at an audience who are open mouthed, slack jawed. Applauding for more. And they're no older than seven. If you've ever watched a show like Toddlers and Tiaras you've seen the frightful way babies are bred into pint-sized women, shaking their hips...

Word Perfect

Word Perfect My sister's university thesis had been about language – specifically, the way it is used as lyrics in pop songs. 'Pop' was used explicitly in its original meaning of popular, rather than what it signifies today – an endless repetition of the same phrase, or syllables that have neither rhyme nor meaning. I'd typed it out for her on our manual typewriter, because lupus made her joints ache. I was so pro...

Women of Spirit and Faith

Women of Spirit and Faith Prayables is proud to announce a new spiritual partnership with Women of Spirit and Faith. Women of Spirit and Faith exists to invite the many brilliant threads of feminine spiritual leadership into relationship and to...

The Language of Love

The Language of Love Thanks be to Youfor semi-colons,for m-dashes, ellipses, and commas.Glory be in the languages of Earth,in Morse code and Braille,in Swahili and Portuguese.You made us social beings,then gave us the gift that binds,that brings us togetherin conversation, chatter,...

New Love

New Love Let me be a blessing to this man.I cannot know what the future holdsand the relationship is still so young.Whether I am with him for weeks or years, help me to love him well. Give me the personal strengthto...

Ethel the Cow

Ethel the Cow A city man was tooling down a country road when his car sputtered to a complete stop near a field filled with cows. The driver, getting out to see what was the matter, noticed one of the cows looking at him. "I believe it's your radiator," said the cow. The man nearly jumped right out of his city slicker britches! He ran to the nearest farmhouse and knocked on the door. "A cow just gave me advice about my car!" he shouted, waving his...

Fleeting Solitude

Fleeting Solitude I will let the land lie fallow.I will not need to bethe center of attention all the time.I will let others shine when it is their turn,with not attempt to steal their limelight.I shall rest while amidst the busynessand clear the calendar, not because I must,but because I want to.I'll give myself time to think.Time to nurture my soul, and...

Spirituality vs. Religion

Spirituality vs. Religion I wish I had a nickel, for every time someone said to me, “I’m not religious, I’m spiritual.” I wouldn’t be rich, but I’d have a purse full of nickels! Religion tends to get a bad rap; what with wars being waged in its name, and too many nutcases declaring themselves a church, then picketing at funerals. Spirituality on the other hand, conjures up images of...