PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – We need not be afraid to touch, to feel, to show emotion. The easiest thing in the world is to be what you are, what you feel. The hardest thing to be is what other people want you to be. — Leo Buscaglia Isn’t it interesting that so …
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Equal To Each Other
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – Have no friends not equal to yourself. — Confucious After raising three children to adulthood, I am more convinced than ever that it has been their choice of friends that has made all the difference in their lives and mine. “Mom! You must stop thinking we are …
The Truth Will Set Us Free
PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place. — Henry Louis Mencken These last few months have been extremely difficult in regards to work and film and politics and lawyers and …
My Children
PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – My children are no longer children. At least three of them are not. How did that happen? I tried to enjoy every moment I could with them. And they grew up anyway. They have thoughts I do not know or even anticipate. They have dreams they have never …
Hold Me
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA Hold me in your eyes. Do not lash me away. Reach for me through words I will never hear you say. Hold me with a touch That I can never feel. Touch me with sacred silence That will never yield. Hold me in the sound Vibrating from within …
Emergency Contact
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA ARIZONA – Last week, Jane, a dear friend died. She was the “emergency number” that my parents had given the school to call if they could not reach them. There were times the school called her and she came. It is comforting for a young person to know there are …
Ben Hug
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA ARIZONA — Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid, one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and humble and gentle in victory.” – Douglas MacArthur My son …
Stand for Something
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA ARIZONA — Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. – Martin Luther King It is true that I do not believe in destiny. I believe in …
Works of Art
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA – Tonight, I was able to view the Grand Prize winners of last year’s PBS/ITVS Independent Lens Online Shorts Festival. I watched “ Paris, 1951” and “Someday Flowers Bloom.” These two films are works of art and works of love. Viewing them reminded me of my hope and reinforced …
They Still Hurt
BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA ARIZONA — If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips. – African Proverb I like quotes. I like to apply them to my life. A few years ago, I decided to invoke one that I’d heard from my mother for much of my life, “If …