A green yard looks beautiful from a distance but the green can be deceiving at times as you get closer to it.  I recently learned about crabgrass.  Although it contains the word grass, it’s actually a weed that spreads like wildfire overwhelming and killing the good grass.  This weed thrives on hot summer days, and even though it only lives for one year, what it does during that year has long-lasting consequences because it leaves behind seeds that germinate and take over the yard the following spring.      Beware of individuals that may seem beautiful in every way from…

When I type “Sticks and Stones” in Google, here is what comes up: “An English-language children’s rhyme.  The rhyme is used as a defense against name-calling and verbal bullying, intended to increase resiliency, avoid physical retaliation, and to remain calm and good living.”  The full rhyme goes like this: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me Although I appreciate the thought behind this rhyme, I could not disagree with it more.  Sticks and stones can and will break our bones, but those wounds with time they will heal, and eventually will be forgotten.  But…

“Dying is easy, young man, living is harder.”  George Washington said to Alexander Hamilton in the Broadway musical show on Disney+ called Hamilton.  As children, living our innocent and blissful lives, we couldn’t wait to grow up because we thought it was all butterflies, rainbows, and unicorns.  We observed the freedom that accompanied adulthood, but we failed to see the responsibilities and pressures that came with it.  Pressures that stem from peers, education, career, finance, dating, marriage, living up to the standards and expectations of others, and let’s not forget the unlimited pressures of social media.  These pressures make life…