“WHEN I WAS OLD THEY GAVE ME A MODEL FACTORY, I MADE THREE SALADS OUT ON THE MOTORWAY. LEAVING YOUR NAME AT THE DOOR. BREAKING MY FAVORITE EGG.” – “DOING THAT SCRAPYARD THING” BY CREAM Before I was old enough to attend school, while my parents were working, I was sent to a sitter. A few miles away from my home was a yellow house near the center of town. During the work week, I spent time in this house with several other children who were around the same age. This was really m

“YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE A PART OF ME AND I WILL ALWAYS TRY. THINK OF ME WHEN YOU’RE ALONE, I’M ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDE. WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR, YOU’RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME TOO. YOU’RE NOT ALONE, YOU’RE ALWAYS HOME, I’LL SHARE YOUR PAIN WITH YOU.” – “SISTER SCOUT” BY JD STAHL Fortunately, by the time I was born, my parents already had sufficient practice with children. I was not an only child. My sister, Amy Kathleen Stahl, was born 2 and a half years before me. After her birth on

“WE ON ANOTHER LEVEL OF PLANNING, OF UNDERSTANDING. THE BOND BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN, AND CHILD. THE HIGHEST ELEVATION, 'CAUSE WE ABOVE.” – “ALL I NEED” BY METHOD MAN AND MARY J. BLIGE Considering that all children are a product of their parents, then we can easily assume that pretty much every other extension of a child's life is synchronistically consistent with the emotional union of both father and mother. Meaning, the relationship that a child has with itself, expressed in

“COME ALONG INSIDE. HAVE YOURSELF A SEAT. LET ME GIVE YOU THE SECRET THAT YOU’VE WAITED TO RECEIVE. I’VE SEEN YOU CONFUSED. SOME DAYS YOU ARE ON, SOME ARE OFF. THIS STUDENT/TEACHER CONCEPT IS QUITE A TWISTED GESTALT. THERAPY, OF COURSE—OR SCHOOL. THE CLASSROOM IS YOUR TEACHER. AND YOU, OF COURSE, TAKE THE CLASS.” – “BLIND FAITH” BY JD STAHL Since my youth, I have entered the awareness which makes me know that my parents were given to me as a divine gift, intended specifically

“THE VOICE THAT SITS BEHIND MY NIGHT. THE MAN WHO GAVE ALL IN THE FIGHT. MY GOD AND FATHER. TEACHER. FRIEND. SWORDED KNIGHT. PICTURE PERFECT SACRIFICE. THANK YOU FOR MY LIFE.” – “KNIGHT OF SWORDS” BY JD STAHL Primarily, we look at our fathers as providers and protectors of the family. The popular masculine archetype often connects these qualities with fathers—and so they remain consistent with our models for God, the creator of the universe. Being that our relationship with t

"A LIFE WHICH CREATES A LIFE. LIKE A GIFT OF THE PRESENT, ARRIVING BY HISTORY’S HAND UNTO THINE.” – “ONLY THE MOTHER” BY JD STAHL I believe it to be common knowledge that all children are a product of their parents—either biologically or environmentally. Each type of energy, both physically or emotionally, shape each and every one of us in ways which we rarely realize have such a great impact. After all, it's not only our genetics that links us with those we love and admire,

People have often told me that “life is what you make of it.” Personally, I believe this is very true. However, we can take it to mean two entirely different things. In one aspect, we could simply take it as the belief that our perception will eventually shape the course of our entire lives--for better or for worse. We can either see the world as beautifully in balance or as a problem that constantly needs to be fixed. The other way we can understand this quote takes on an en

Rapture I can still remember the sound of cracking and thumping—sounds that a human head makes when it forcefully meets a concrete floor, covered only by an eighth of an inch of hospital carpet. Behind the darkness of closed eyelids came a repetitive explosion of colors starting from white, then black, and then wavy colors of the spectrum—all appearing and then disappearing in the waves of air around the room. The blunt pain and confusion from such an action was no match for