Trying To Stay On Top of The World

          It began when I was 14.  I found them calling me, beckoning me from the glass window beyond.  black suede ankle boots with a square heel and pointed slightly rounded toe. I was in love.  I saw no other, I heard no other, I wanted no other.  And that moment when I brought them home from the store I knew that there was no other. The moment I put them on my feet however I was brought down to earth with the pain-stabbing reality check given to me by my feet. My feet were sending me that achy crunchy squished feeling when you are indeed wearing shoes that should not be on your feet.  My feet knew right away what my infatuated brain could not yet accept. . These shoes as beautiful as they were - should have stayed on the shelf in the shoe store.  And my bewitched mind immediately began to make excuses why these exquisite beauties were not living up to what I imagined them to be. "New shoes are always stiff."  "I'll break them in" "the suede will stretc

Most people start at the beginning. And I admit that might have been the logical thing to do, but most times logic eludes me like the mysterious cleaning fairy who has yet to show me her broom. So having thrown logic to the wind I can now announce the result. My book is out!!  Qwerki Quotes & Inspirational Thoughts is an eternal calendar that gives daily humor and inspiration. So the question is why write something like this? Who needs this type of calendar and what am I trying to achieve with this? Such great questions! And I will answer them, one by one.   Why write something like this? Well as someone who struggles with sadness almost daily, (and I'm not talking about mild "oh the sun isn't shiny today" type of sadness. Not belittling that type of sadness, but I'm talking about mind-numbing and totally engulfing sadness. I'm talking about the type of sadness that overwhelms, overpowers, and overtakes me.) and as  I struggle to pick myself up from that p