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Stuck in a Broken Place

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When I was little, I used to be obsessed with watching old movies. My favorites were Shirley Temple movies. One I always went back to was the story of 'Heidi'. Of the entire storyline, I was obsessed with the last part of the movie. For those of you who need a refresher or have never seen it, the part I was so fixated on was the little sick girl. There was a story within the story. A rich father (who means well) hires a nanny to take care of his daughter who had an accident. The nanny does minimal to nothing in helping the daughter get better. The father invites the orphan girl 'Heidi' to live with them (basically becoming a foster parent to her) because he's told her previous living conditions were horrendous. The father stays almost completely out of the picture, and the nanny is placed in control. When Heidi realizes that the nanny is using the daughters illness to maintain control of the father and also secure her position, Heidi pushes the daughter to get be
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Magnificent Magnolia

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It was the perfect knot in the trunk of our magnificent magnolia tree which helped give me the grip I needed to climb up to where I could see our whole front yard and even down the road a ways. Mom didn't like us climbing in the tree because she said the tree started as a bush and that it wasn't hearty. The tree grew in the front garden bed next to the porch of the house we moved into the summer I turned 5 years old. That was the year I later called "The Year of Recollection." We all have one of those years. It's the point in time which you vividly recall circumstances, events, and even emotions. Where you begin to make choices understanding the outcome connects with your future. A time where you learn the definition of consequence: noun 1 . a result or effect of an action or condition. 2 .    importance or relevance.        There was one time I climbed the magnolia tree, and as I was moving my foot from the knot to the landing whe
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10 Things the "Overthinking Open Hearted" person deals with:

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"You seem real." I keep hearing this. It begs the question, "What is real anymore?" Are most people fake? Inauthentic? Do most people not believe in just being themselves? Or maybe they are questioning if I'm a real-life Pinocchio. Who knows. My whole life I've lived a pretty openly. It wasn't like it ever was a choice for me not to. To be honest, I've always had this fear that I was being excluded in some way from something. I'm not quite sure where this fear came from. But this fear has pushed me to be open, honest, and hospitable to everyone that I possibly could invite into my life. As some of you already may have guessed, I've been hurt by people who have taken advantage of that fact. The flip side, is I've hurt people by being that way in return. As an over-thinker, I decided to make a list of what happens when you live life in an open and real way. 1. You constantly question what people think of you. You are a peo
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