Long before I began working out on a regular basis, I decided not to be defined by a number. For many years, I refused to step on a scale, mainly because I didn’t want to allow that number that would appear to control my emotions.

Dodge ball. Freeze tag. Hide and seek. Hopscotch. Jump rope. Running around until your legs fall off! With obesity rates increasing in America, it’s important for children to be and stay active on a regular basis. Though there is a sufficient amount of gadgets out there that kids can use to get their daily cardiovascular activity in, such as the Dance Revolution Wii Game, with the winter blues headed out the door, the sun will encourage extra outdoor activities.

Sucks is the only word that I can think of to describe unemployment. As a writer and recent college graduate, my vocabulary should sound a little more mature and sophisticated. But when days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months, there is no better choice of words than “this really sucks.”

He sits in his throne

And drinks his wine

He looks in the mirror

And repeats this line

“Damn I’m fine”

“Air conditioning for everyone!” the Devil said as he drank a glass of lemonade. It was time to party. It was time to go wild because Debra, his wife, was on vacation.

It’s mid-afternoon on a Tuesday, and Maria, sweet Maria stops by a local diner after her morning walk.

This world, my world makes no sense

Yet I continue to learn, move, live and love

This world, your world is too far to travel. Yet, I want to come

Beyond the Rocky Mountains and over the green hills, below the deep sea and greater than the blue sky, there was a land, so far away that no one, not a single soul knew about it. It was called The Waterfall Kingdom. There, rays of water streamed and sled on the walls of the towns and the beam of the sun shined through the waterfalls often creating a rainbow.