Innocence (Lost)

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”

Mahatma Gandhi

We used to play outside when I was a kid. In the winter we would build igloos and forts on the front lawn and dig tunnels under the snow. In the summer we would ride our bikes to the park and play with anyone else who was there, whether we knew them or not. We were kids being kids, and we were safe without being supervised - for the most part.

But we no longer have those freedoms, do we?

Faux Pas!

"Faux pas: a socially awkward or tactless act,
especially one that violates accepted social norms,
standard customs, or the rules of etiquette"

Wikipedia

How are your treatments going?
Did it work?
Are you pregnant?
Have you considered adoption?

These are the questions one of my co-workers threw at me last week while we were standing next to each other at the bathroom sinks. A co-worker I barely say a word to all day and someone I am not close with at all! Of course, being caught completely off guard I spilled out a little more than I had hoped to tell her and had to run damage control the following day (by e-mail) because she tends to share a little too much about other people’s personal information but… ARE YOU KIDDING ME? You don’t do that! This is a major faux pas!

Dream Diary: Legend

There is a Japanese legend (actually, don’t quote me on the origin) which says that “when you can't sleep at night it's because you're awake in someone else's dream”. If this is really true, then a lot of people must hate me right now!

Lately, my nights have been filled with dream after dream about people I know; some very realistic and others clearly fiction. Close friends and family as well as people who I haven’t seen in years and I would never expect to appear in a dream, but there they are all just as clear as though I had seen them yesterday. I blame Facebook for this!

So in the event that this legend is true, my apologies to those who I have been keeping up at night!