BY PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – This summer started with so much promise! We went to LA and then to NY. My son came home after being overseas for two years. Then life shifted. Issues arose and all of a sudden I can’t seem to find sense or reason for so many things. …
Protecting the Power …
… the 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. — Alex Carey, Australian Social Scientist
Let Them Live It
PAMELA JO BOWMAN MESA ARIZONA – You gave them life. Now, let them live it. A friend told me that the other day. I do spend a great deal of time thinking about those I care for. When they are struggling, I ache. When their eyes well up, my tears fall. When they are happy, …
Shifting
PAMELA JO BOWMAN – MESA ARIZONA – Sometimes, I can almost feel myself moving into another dimension. One day, you watch the sun set; the next day comes and the world feels different. Sounds are muted. Smells are less fragrant. Sights are foggy or hazy. In the end, I have to acknowledge that it isn’t …
The Authentic You
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 …
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 …