Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!

I hope you’re having a fabulous day. 

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Just taking a few seconds to wish everyone a joyous, prosperous and very Happy New Year for 2012!!

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Christmas.  May you and yours have a wonderful holiday!

 

At least 10 reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving

Don’t forget to be thankful this Thanksgiving. I know times are hard for millions of Americans this year—jobs are few and far between, homes are being foreclosed on and many families don’t know how they’re going to make ends meet.  These are scary times the like of which most of us haven’t seen before; however, don’t forget that we do have a lot to be thankful for.

If you woke up this morning, be thankful.

If you can read this post, be thankful.

If you are sound in your body and mind, be thankful.

If you have a job, be thankful.

If you have a roof over your head, be thankful.

If you have food to eat, be thankful.

If you have even one good friend, be thankful.

If you have even one dime in your pocket, be thankful.

If you have family to share the holiday with, be thankful.

If you’re alive, be thankful.

I could go on and on, but I think you get my point—we often lose track of all the ways we have been blessed and instead dwell on the things we don’t have.  This Thanksgiving, take a few moments to be grateful for what you do have.  Be thankful this Thanksgiving—I know I am.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Dracula, Frankenstein or the Wolfman?

My mind is a tangled web of sometimes weird ideas and questions, which is why I love writing; it gives me an outlet for my wild inner ravings.

For example, I was sitting around today and I started thinking about Frankenstein, Dracula and The Wolfman.

Maybe it’s because I was watching the Wolfman last night, or maybe it’s because Halloween is approaching—I don’t know.  Anyway, I started wondering which of them do I feel the sorriest for?  Hmm, now that’s a good question.  Let’s face it, none of them asked to be what they are—all are cursed, but which has the worst fate?

After a few seconds, my answer was crystal clear—The Frankenstein monster.

How did I arrive at my conclusion?  Well, the Wolfman and Dracula lived human lives once. They were men.  They experienced love, enjoyed good food, lived life and knew what it felt like to be surrounded by family.  They were once a part of the human race; they know what it means to be completely human with our flaws, frailty and wonderful differences.

The Frankenstein monster on the other hand, never got to be anything other than a monster.  He never lived life as a man.  He was sewn together using other people’s body parts at the whim of a scientist who just wanted to see if he could create life.  Did he even really have a soul?  He never experienced anything other than people’s scorn, fear and hatred of him.  He certainly never experienced joy, and especially not true human love.  His was a life given to him by a madman for his own sadistic purposes and he would never fit into society because humans would always consider him an abomination, which he was, but through no fault of his own.  He really was a pitiful monster whom I think at his core just wanted to be loved—something that would always elude him by virtue of his very existence—and how sad is that?

So, that’s my weird thought for the day.  Leave me a comment and let me know which you would choose and why.

I’ve just got to write a paranormal romance—this stuff really fascinates me!

Until next time boys and ghouls!  Yes, I know that was really corny, but given the topic of this post, I just had to throw it in there!