Tag: dementia
-
Thursday Thoughts: Wobbegong (A Mara Prose Poem)
Picture courtesy of Tokyo Ghoul Wiki – Fandom You are motionless in your emotions You give no chase, you only entice Your duality camouflages who you really are You prey on the weak and diminish the strong Your attack is not expected, your victim is left severely wounded And although you are slow to pounce You…
Mara Prose Publishing
brother, celebration, daddy, Dark vs Light Skin, death, dependable, desire, family, father, Friendships, funeral, God, honorable, inspiration, Jesus, Life, love, Love vs Lust, marriage, mourning, oscars, Poems, Political Correctness, positive, reliable, Religious, Short Stories of Mara Prose, trustA day in a life, advice, African Americans, alzheimers, amendment, Anger, angry, annoyed, anthem, anxiety, Apology, articles, bad dates, Balance, bestseller, Beyonce, biracial, bitches, bitterness, blacks, blind dates, blog, blogging, book release, book reviews, books, Broken Heart, budgeting, Bullying, business, cakes, catering, celebration, celebrities, ceremony, Chaos, cheesecake factory, cherish, Chicos, children, Christianity, Church, commentary, community, Concerts, confessions, confidence, Conflict, Confrontational, controversial, Controversy, couples, crush, Culture, cursing, dat, dating, Daughters, death, Decisions, degradation, degrading, dementia, depression, devotional, Disappointment, disappointments, discrimination, Divorce, documentaries, documentary, Dogs, Drama, economy, education, election, eloquent, empowerment, Encouragement, engaged, entertainment, epic saga, event planning, expression, facebook, faith, Faithful, family, fashion, fashion show, fear, fears, FEMA, feminism, football, forgiveness, free, friends, friendship, frustration, funeral, Funny, game of thrones, games, gender bias, Girls, God, gossip, Government, gross, growth, happiness, Harvard, headlines, health, help, hilary clinton, Hines ward, home, Homeschool, Hookups, hopelessness, Houses, Humorous, Ideals, ideas, identity, Ignorance, Immaturity, inequality, infidelity, injustice, inspiration, Introduction, Jennifer Aniston, Joyce Meyer, judgement, justice, kanye, kanye west, kim, kim kardashian, Kirk Cameron, Korean, Lakewood Church, learning, Lent, Letting go, lexus, lies, Life Choices, lifestyle, loneliness, love, lust, Lyrics, maraprose, marketing, marriage, matu, maturity, media, men, Mercedes, models, Morals, mother, motherhood, Mothers, Motives, movie, movies, Music, MVP, nation, nature, new book, new life, news, nfl, novel, novels, Obama, offensive, online, opinion, Opinions, outrage, parental alienation, Parents, peace, people, persona, personal, personality, philosophy, Pittsburgh, poem, Poems, poet, poetry, politicians, politics, Prayer, Private school, purpose, race, racism, radio, random, readers, reading, Reflections, regression, regret, Relationships, relatioships, religion, review, Role Models, rush limbaugh, sadness, sales, same sex marriage, second life, self esteem, Self Worth, sensationalism, Separation, sex, sex tape, sex tape. News, social, songs, Sons, speech, Spirituality, sports, Study, Stupidity, superbowl, teaching, The Bible, thoughts, today show, toxic, trilogy, trump, truth, twitter, Uber, uncle, unhappy, USA network, values, vote, voting, vow, vow renewal, wedding, Witty, women, work, writers, writing, Yolanda Adams, Yorkies -
Thursday Thoughts: I can’t, I don’t, I won’t (A Mara Prose Poem)…
Picture courtesy of PerfectCloud I could heal you, but I won’t I could fight for you, but I don’t I could make you love me, but I can’t Mostly because it’s unnecessary work, so save your rants Your insecurities are not my responsibility Your emotional baggage will not be my testimony I don’t have time to…
Mara Prose Publishing
daddy, Dark vs Light Skin, death, dependable, desire, family, father, Friendships, funeral, God, honorable, inspiration, Jesus, Life, love, Love vs Lust, marriage, mourning, oscars, Poems, Political Correctness, positive, reliable, Religious, Short Stories of Mara Prose, trustA day in a life, African Americans, alzheimers, amendment, Anger, angry, annoyed, anthem, anxiety, Apology, articles, bad dates, Balance, Being direct, Beyonce, biracial, biracial issues, bitches, bitterness, blacks, blind dates, blog, blogging, book reviews, books, Broken Heart, budgeting, Bullying, business, celebration, celebrities, ceremony, Chaos, characters unite, cheesecake factory, children, Christianity, Church, commentary, community, Concerts, confessions, confidence, Conflict, Confrontational, controversial, Controversy, couples, crush, Culture, cursing, Dark girls, dark skin, dating, Daughters, death, Decisions, degradation, degrading, dementia, depression, Disappointment, disappointments, discrimination, distraught, Divorce, documentaries, documentary, Dogs, Drama, economy, education, election, eloquent, empowerment, Encouragement, engaged, entertainment, expression, facebook, faith, Faithful, family, fear, fearful, fears, FEMA, feminism, financial strain, FLOTUS, football, forgiveness, free, frenemies, friends, friendship, friendships, frustration, funeral, Funny, games, gender bias, Girls, God, gossip, Government, gross, growing apart, growth, happiness, Harvard, He Say She Say, headlines, health, help, hilary clinton, Hines ward, home, Homeschool, Hoodrat, hopelessness, Houses, Humorous, hunger games, Ideals, ideas, identity, Ignorance, Immaturity, inequality, infidelity, injustice, inspiration, iyanla vanzant, Jennifer Aniston, Joyce Meyer, judgement, justice, kanye, kanye west, kim, kim kardashian, kimk, Kirk Cameron, Korean, Lakewood Church, learning, Leslie Jones, Letting go, lexus, lies, life, Life Choices, lifestyle, loneliness, love, lust, marketing, marriage, matu, maturity, meaningful friendship, media, Mercedes, Morals, motherhood, Mothers, Motives, movie, movies, Music, MVP, nation, nature, Netlfix, new life, news, nfl, novels, Obama, offensive, online, opinion, Opinions, orlando shooter, outrage, parental alienation, Parents, peace, people, personal, personality, philosophy, piers Morgan, Pittsburgh, poem, Poems, poetry, point fingers, political correctness, politicians, politics, politics. Opinion, Prayer, Private school, purpose, race, racism, radio, random, Reflections, regression, Relationships, religion, religious, review, Role Models, rush limbaugh, same sex marriage, second life, self esteem, Self Worth, sensationalism, Separation, sex, sex tape, sex tape. News, slanted, social, social outlets, Sons, speech, spiritual marriage, Spirituality, Spotify, Study, Stupidity, teaching, The Bible, think like a man, thoughts, today show, toxic, trump, trustworthy friend, truth, twitter, Uber, uncle, unhappy, USA network, values, vote, voting, vow, vow renewal, wedding, Witty, women, work, writing, Yolanda Adams, Yorkies -
Friday Frankness: When Someone Shows You Who They Are, PLEASE BELIEVE IT!
I cannot tell you how many people I have come across who always ignore the signs of someone’s true nature. Then they have the audacity to be shocked when things blow up, all because they never accepted who that person really was to begin with. Why do we think we can change people? Why do…
Mara Prose Publishing
brother, celebration, daddy, Dark vs Light Skin, death, dependable, desire, family, father, Friendships, funeral, God, honorable, inspiration, Jesus, Life, love, Love vs Lust, marriage, mourning, oscars, Poems, Political Correctness, positive, reliable, Religious, Short Stories of Mara Prose, trustA day in a life, African Americans, alzheimers, Anger, angry, annoyed, anxiety, Apology, articles, bad dates, Balance, Beyonce, bitches, bitterness, blacks, blog, blogging, book reviews, books, Broken Heart, Bullying, business, celebration, celebrities, ceremony, Chaos, children, Christianity, Church, commentary, community, Concerts, confessions, confidence, Conflict, controversial, Controversy, couples, crush, Culture, cursing, dating, Daughters, death, Decisions, dementia, depression, Disappointment, disappointments, discrimination, Divorce, documentaries, documentary, Dogs, Drama, education, empowerment, Encouragement, entertainment, expression, facebook, faith, Faithful, family, fears, FEMA, feminism, football, forgiveness, free, friends, friendship, funeral, Funny, games, gender bias, Girls, God, gossip, Government, gross, growth, happiness, Harvard, headlines, health, home, Homeschool, Houses, Humorous, Ideals, ideas, identity, Ignorance, injustice, inspiration, Jennifer Aniston, judgement, justice, kanye west, kim, Korean, learning, Letting go, lexus, lies, Life Choices, lifestyle, love, lust, marketing, marriage, maturity, media, Mercedes, Morals, motherhood, Mothers, Motives, movie, movies, Music, nation, nature, new life, news, nfl, novels, offensive, online, opinion, Opinions, outrage, Parents, peace, people, personal, philosophy, Pittsburgh, poem, Poems, poetry, politicians, politics, Prayer, purpose, race, racism, radio, random, Reflections, regression, Relationships, religion, review, Role Models, rush limbaugh, same sex marriage, second life, Self Worth, Separation, sex, social, Sons, speech, Spirituality, Study, Stupidity, teaching, The Bible, thoughts, toxic, truth, uncle, unhappy, wedding, women, work, writing -
Thursday Motivation: Enjoy the Journey
Yesterday as I was heading home from work, it suddenly came to me to post the following on Facebook: All I want to say to everyone is please just enjoy the journey! Stop overthinking, stop trying to label everything, stop trying to understand everything and just learn to coast! It will all come together…
Mara Prose Publishing
brother, celebration, daddy, Dark vs Light Skin, death, dependable, desire, family, father, Friendships, funeral, God, honorable, inspiration, Jesus, Life, love, Love vs Lust, marriage, mourning, oscars, Poems, Political Correctness, positive, reliable, Religious, Short Stories of Mara Prose, trustA day in a life, African Americans, alzheimers, Anger, angry, annoyed, anxiety, Apology, articles, bad dates, Balance, Beyonce, bitches, bitterness, blacks, blog, blogging, book reviews, books, Broken Heart, Bullying, business, celebration, celebrities, ceremony, Chaos, children, Christianity, Church, commentary, community, Concerts, confessions, confidence, Conflict, controversial, Controversy, couples, crush, Culture, cursing, dating, Daughters, death, Decisions, dementia, depression, Disappointment, disappointments, discrimination, Divorce, documentaries, documentary, Dogs, Drama, education, empowerment, Encouragement, entertainment, expression, facebook, faith, Faithful, family, fears, FEMA, feminism, football, forgiveness, free, friends, friendship, funeral, Funny, games, Girls, God, gossip, Government, gross, growth, happiness, Harvard, headlines, health, home, Homeschool, hopelessness, Houses, Humorous, Ideals, ideas, identity, Ignorance, injustice, inspiration, Jennifer Aniston, judgement, justice, kanye west, Korean, learning, Letting go, lexus, lies, Life Choices, lifestyle, love, lust, marketing, marriage, maturity, media, Mercedes, Morals, motherhood, Mothers, Motives, movie, movies, Music, nation, nature, new life, news, nfl, novels, offensive, online, opinion, Opinions, outrage, Parents, peace, people, personal, philosophy, Pittsburgh, poem, Poems, poetry, politicians, politics, Prayer, purpose, race, racism, radio, random, Reflections, regression, Relationships, religion, review, Role Models, rush limbaugh, same sex marriage, second life, Self Worth, Separation, sex, social, Sons, speech, Spirituality, Study, Stupidity, teaching, The Bible, thoughts, toxic, truth, uncle, unhappy, wedding, women, work, writing -
Dating Tales: Mr. Smelly
Well, today’s tale is certainly not a love story like Mr. Perfect. My poor friend has had several bizarre dates and was happy to share with us. Hopefully you will have a chuckle. Enjoy! Giselle was standing in the mirror, preparing for her umpteenth blind date. She was praying this one would be different since she was becoming…
Mara Prose Publishing
brother, celebration, daddy, Dark vs Light Skin, death, dependable, desire, family, father, Friendships, funeral, God, honorable, inspiration, Jesus, Life, love, Love vs Lust, marriage, mourning, oscars, Poems, Political Correctness, positive, reliable, Religious, Short Stories of Mara Prose, trustA day in a life, African Americans, alzheimers, amendment, Anger, angry, annoyed, anthem, anxiety, Apology, articles, bad dates, Balance, Being direct, Beyonce, biracial, bitches, bitterness, blacks, blind dates, blog, blogging, book reviews, books, Broken Heart, Bullying, business, celebration, celebrities, ceremony, Chaos, children, Christianity, Church, commentary, community, Concerts, confessions, confidence, Conflict, Confrontational, controversial, Controversy, couples, crush, Culture, cursing, dark skin, dating, Daughters, death, Decisions, degrading, dementia, depression, Disappointment, disappointments, discrimination, distraught, Divorce, documentaries, documentary, Dogs, Drama, education, eloquent, empowerment, Encouragement, engaged, entertainment, expression, facebook, faith, Faithful, family, fearful, fears, FEMA, feminism, football, forgiveness, free, frenemies, friends, friendship, funeral, Funny, games, gender bias, Girls, God, gossip, Government, gross, growing apart, growth, happiness, Harvard, He Say She Say, headlines, health, home, Homeschool, Hoodrat, hopelessness, Houses, Humorous, Ideals, ideas, identity, Ignorance, Immaturity, inequality, infidelity, injustice, inspiration, iyanla vanzant, Jennifer Aniston, Joyce Meyer, judgement, justice, kanye west, kim, kim kardashian, Korean, learning, Letting go, lexus, lies, life, Life Choices, lifestyle, love, lust, marketing, marriage, matu, maturity, media, Mercedes, Morals, motherhood, Mothers, Motives, movie, movies, Music, nation, nature, new life, news, nfl, novels, offensive, online, opinion, Opinions, outrage, parental alienation, Parents, peace, people, personal, philosophy, Pittsburgh, poem, Poems, poetry, politicians, politics, politics. Opinion, Prayer, purpose, race, racism, radio, random, Reflections, regression, Relationships, religion, review, Role Models, rush limbaugh, same sex marriage, second life, Self Worth, sensationalism, Separation, sex, sex tape, sex tape. News, slanted, smelly men, social, social outlets, Sons, speech, Spirituality, Spotify, Study, Stupidity, teaching, The Bible, thoughts, today show, toxic, truth, Uber, uncle, unhappy, USA network, vow renewal, wedding, Witty, women, work, writing -
Gospel of Jesus is for all people
In the early 1970’s my mom was in a band and traveling all over the United States. The Jesus Movement was taking place and teenagers all over the United States were surrendering their lives to Jesus. My mom and her band traveled to a certain city in Alabama to play at a church. When they…
Mara Prose Publishing
brother, celebration, daddy, Dark vs Light Skin, death, dependable, desire, family, father, Friendships, funeral, God, honorable, inspiration, Jesus, Life, love, Love vs Lust, marriage, mourning, oscars, Poems, Political Correctness, positive, reliable, Religious, Short Stories of Mara Prose, trustA day in a life, African Americans, alzheimers, amendment, Anger, angry, annoyed, anxiety, Apology, articles, bad dates, Balance, biracial, bitches, blacks, blog, blogging, book reviews, books, Broken Heart, Bullying, business, celebration, celebrities, ceremony, Chaos, children, Christianity, Church, commentary, community, Concerts, confessions, confidence, Conflict, Confrontational, controversial, Controversy, couples, crush, Culture, cursing, dark skin, dating, Daughters, death, Decisions, degradation, degrading, dementia, depression, Disappointment, disappointments, discrimination, Divorce, documentaries, documentary, Dogs, Drama, education, eloquent, empowerment, Encouragement, engaged, entertainment, expression, facebook, faith, Faithful, family, fears, FEMA, feminism, football, forgiveness, free, friends, friendship, funeral, Funny, games, gender bias, Girls, God, gossip, Government, gross, growth, happiness, Harvard, headlines, health, home, Homeschool, hopelessness, Houses, Humorous, Ideals, ideas, identity, Ignorance, Immaturity, inequality, infidelity, injustice, inspiration, Jennifer Aniston, Joyce Meyer, judgement, justice, kanye west, kim, kim kardashian, Korean, Lakewood Church, learning, Letting go, lexus, lies, Life Choices, lifestyle, love, lust, marketing, marriage, maturity, media, Morals, motherhood, Mothers, Motives, movie, movies, nation, nature, new life, news, nfl, novels, Obama, offensive, online, opinion, Opinions, outrage, Parents, peace, people, personal, philosophy, Pittsburgh, poem, Poems, poetry, politicians, politics, Prayer, Private school, purpose, race, racism, radio, random, Reflections, regression, Relationships, religion, review, Role Models, same sex marriage, second life, Self Worth, sensationalism, Separation, sex, sex tape, social, Sons, speech, Spirituality, Study, Stupidity, teaching, The Bible, thoughts, toxic, trump, truth, uncle, unhappy, USA network, vow, vow renewal, wedding, women, work, writing, Yolanda Adams -
This Is My Path (A Mara Prose Poem)
I never thought I’d see the day Where our love would ebb and go away I always thought we would be one I never thought we’d be undone I always imagined a storybook ending I never knew we would be past mending Was it worth it? Who knows, It’s still being written There are times I’m lonely…
Mara Prose Publishing
brother, celebration, daddy, Dark vs Light Skin, death, dependable, desire, family, father, Friendships, funeral, God, honorable, inspiration, Jesus, Life, love, Love vs Lust, marriage, mourning, oscars, Poems, Political Correctness, positive, reliable, Religious, Short Stories of Mara Prose, trustA day in a life, African Americans, alzheimers, amendment, Anger, anxiety, Apology, articles, Balance, Being direct, Beyonce, biracial, biracial issues, blacks, blog, blogging, book reviews, books, Broken Heart, Bullying, business, Carlton Dennis, celebration, celebrities, ceremony, Chaos, characters unite, children, Christianity, Church, community, Concerts, confessions, confidence, Conflict, Confrontational, controversial, Controversy, couples, Culture, cursing, Dark girls, dark skin, dating, Daughters, death, Decisions, degradation, degrading, dementia, depression, Disappointment, discrimination, distraught, Divorce, documentaries, documentary, Dogs, Drama, education, eloquent, engaged, entertainment, expression, facebook, faith, Faithful, family, fearful, fears, FEMA, FLOTUS, football, forgiveness, free, frenemies, friends, friendship, friendships, funeral, Funny, games, Georgetown law student, Girls, God, gossip, Government, growing apart, growth, happiness, Harvard, He Say She Say, headlines, health, hilary clinton, Hines ward, Homeschool, Hoodrat, hopelessness, Houses, Humorous, hunger games, Hurricane Sandy, Ideals, ideas, identity, Ignorance, Immaturity, inequality, infidelity, injustice, inspiration, iyanla vanzant, judgement, justice, kanye, kanye west, kim, kim kardashian, kimk, Kirk Cameron, Korean, Lakewood Church, learning, Letting go, lies, life, Life Choices, lifestyle, love, lust, marketing, marriage, matu, maturity, meaningful friendship, Morals, motherhood, Mothers, Motives, movies, MVP, nation, nature, news, novels, Obama, offensive, online, opinion, Opinions, orlando shooter, outrage, parental alienation, Parents, peace, people, personal, personal criteria, philosophy, piers Morgan, Pittsburgh, poem, Poems, poetry, point fingers, political correctness, politicians, politics. Opinion, Prayer, Private school, purpose, race, racism, radio, random, Reflections, regression, Relationships, religion, religious, review, Role Models, rush limbaugh, same sex marriage, second life, Self Worth, seoaration, Separation, sex, sex tape, sex tape. News, shock radio, slanted, social, social outlets, speech, spiritual marriage, Spirituality, Study, Stupidity, teaching, The Bible, think like a man, thoughts, today show, toxic, Trayvon Martin, trump, trustworthy friend, truth, twitter, unhappy, vow renewal, wedding, Witty, women, work, writing, writing 2012, Yolanda Adams, Yorkies -
A Man for All Seasons (A Mara Prose Dedication Poem)
Picture courtesy of https://www.movie-dude.co.uk This poem is dedicated to my Uncle Claude Terry, may he rest in peace. He was a man for all seasons and it stood to reason that he would be admired and respected for all of his days His courage and strength in his last remaining days were not without dignity and grace…
Mara Prose Publishing
Mara Prose Publishing 