My Life, Uncensored.

"Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one."  - Eleanor Roosevelt      Individual - adjective . Being single or separate; characteristic of a particular person or thing; having a striking or unusual character, original.      How often do we place ourselves - meaning our identity - in that of another person, thing, or situation? How often do we introduce ourselves by referring to another individual? "Oh, I work with Sally." "Yes! I am Susan's son." "I'm Donald's wife." "Yeah.. I'm the one that threw up all over the coffee table at the New Years Eve Party."      At what point do we realize we are who we are.. not what we are. Yes, we're parents. Yes, we're wives and husbands. Yes, we're family members and co-workers.. but WHEN are we US? When am I just me? Just Franny?      This is a question I've asked myself a lot lately. Wh...

    "Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes."                                                                               - Hugh Prather     If I were to hashtag that quote it would be #truth #wow #slapmeinthefacewithashoe.     Never have words been so real to me. Never have they been so relevant. Never have they been so needed.     My absence from BlogLand for the last ten months hasn't been from laziness, lack of desire to write, or simply because I didn't have time. My absence has been induced by lif...