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Tuesday Poetry: Airport Layover Blues

Spending ten hours at
The airport is not
On my list of things to do –
So I walk around with
My carry-on bag in tow
Jumping from coffee shop to
Restaurant to coffee shop
Periodically
Charging my phone and 
My laptop at any
Available outlets –
What a glamorous
Adventure I’m having
In the SEA-TAC airport –
I have books to read
And work I can do
But what I want most
Is to leave the airport –
I see crowds of strangers
Coming and going
Each with their own problems
Worries and adventures
Each wishing to leave the
Travelers’ enclosure

From the poetry collection Cats, Coffee, Catharsis.

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Coffee and Contemplation: National GOE Day

The Sunday of the first full weekend of October is National GOE Day. Growth. Overcome. Empower. This national holiday encourages people to support safe spaces for healing and connection for those who have been victimized by abuse and trauma. Art is often encouraged as a tool to help those who have suffered from abuse and trauma to heal and recover. I started this blog to help share my story and my art; my writing. It is through writing poetry and fiction that I’ve been able to heal and learn more about myself. And I encourage others to do the same. It doesn’t matter how good you are or how long you’ve been doing it as long as you enjoy it. 

The My CARE Initiative founded National GOE Day. The program began on May 15, 2015. I continue to find programs like these as I search for new topics for my blog. Even though I have come a long way, finding these new things helps me heal a little bit more. The rest of my life will be a continual journey towards healing and recovery. And along the way I discover new creative expression and strengthen artistic skills I have with my writing. Today is a good day to grow, overcome, and empower.