PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – I heard a comment the other day. A thought provoking one for me. The concept of destiny as a prison. If we are destined to be someone or do something then there really aren’t any choices. What will be will be. Essentially we are imprisoned with whatever that …

PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – A group of friends have agreed to write something every day. A thought, a poem, a journal entry. In the agreement, it doesn’t matter what it is as long as we write something. We are not hesitant to let each other know what we think about what we’re …

PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA Young tender hands rest gently on stretched sinews. Night falls, breath releases, stomach flutters. Sacred shelter shifts and swells. Constant steady rhythm silently quells. Nocturnal laying of hands, palms down. New moons wax and wan, touch sustains, Anxious hands slowly expand upward, outward. Restless. Persistent. Patience. Refrain. Feel the …

PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – “Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.” — Bill Cosby. My son Ben comes home from Chile in two weeks. Technically, he has been gone for 25 months. It is time for a Ben hug. He has just the …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – This week, in Oregon, I spent time with my sisters and Great Aunt. Aunt Aida came over from Italy when she was eight. She goes back to Italy once each year to visit relatives. I spent my young life nurtured by our extended family. I remember holidays, …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA – I found this quote and the way I have been living my life lately, I could have written this! As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn’t supposed to ever let us down, probably will. You’ll have your heart broken and you’ll break …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA – “The path to our destination is not always a straight one. We go down the wrong road, we get lost, we turn back. Maybe it doesn’t matter which road we embark on. Maybe what matters is that we embark.” — Barbara Hall I read a story of a …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – “The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.” — Plato We seem to live in a world of polar opposites. It is either a question or an answer. Hot or cold, happy or sad, mad or glad, manic or depressed, friend or enemy. …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, USA — Before we even got to Newport Beach we, of course, were planning activities for our three-day, two-night excursion. We talked about the driving and the meals and the organization and the final clean up. We were trying to figure out how to keep the kids occupied so we …

BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN, MESA, ARIZONA – My friends and I took a couple of days off and drove over to Newport Beach. I love the beach. We were having such a lovely time! I was the first on the warm sand and the last to leave it. I built sandcastles and body surfed and …