Deb Curreen Author

I don't want to go to the cemetery, but I will, and stand by your grave in the cold, with dying flowers in my hand. It's lonely and cloudy with no one about, my flowers will die in the rain. just like hope did on a grey June day. I don't want to visit the cemetery, you're not there, and I can hum Green Day songs till I'm a basket case, but I will hope against hope, and pull you from my memories, till you laugh out loud, and all becomes well with my soul. I will put on some loud music, pour a drink while you tune your guitar, then you can play something fast, and my friends will all dance, together, with all of our hearts. We know you are just missing not gone, absent, unforgotten, a pearl of great price, carried in our hearts, precious cargo, waiting at another station. Resting, till we all arrive, glorious, loud and happy to be home, at last, with you, beloved boy, missing brother, loyal friend, and eternal companio...

Whilst in a conversation with a friend the other day, who recently had an accident and is now being treated for a concussion, we touched on the subject of emotional abuse, especially within a marriage or relationship. I commented that a punch would be better as it takes months and often years to untangle all the nasty words from your brain, heart, life. Concussions and emotional beatings are not dissimilar. The heart, like the brain, is a very delicate organ, vital to a healthy functioning body. When either becomes damaged almost everything physically is affected ie. your breathing, eating, sleeping, etc. and day to day living starts to get a bit hard and often unmanageable, difficult or nearly impossible in the worst cases. My youngest brother, before he took his life in 2006, suffered a huge concussion in a car accident so after his death I researched concussions and closed head injuries. A closed head injury is when your head receives a massive blow but there is no bleedin...

Is Facebook or farcebook as I like to call it, really the root of all evil or perhaps like money, it is the love of facebook that is the root of evil. As a free marketing or advertising tool, you really can't beat it. Especially those free buy, sell, swap pages which must be causing the likes of TradeMe, eBay, etc. to take a big hit. Good job Facebook! There is the part of facebook that has been well-documented by counselors, shrinks, Doctors and media personalities, so I won't dwell on it, and that is the effect "likes" and "hates" on social media, have not just teenagers but everyone. Pictures of my dogs always get loves and likes...I don't know if I have ever had any angry faces but I have had some of what I thought were my brilliant posts, ignored!?  That could be interpreted as "a hate." Maybe?? It's also very interesting who you end up viewing when you see old friends or long lost family members "like" your friends...