Bday and dinner with the fam... Always grateful... #family #food

Hello Monday,
greetings December’s gentle light.
November taught me once again
how kindness can grow heavy —
how some will use you,
speak sharply at the very hand
that tries to help.

So I stepped away,
and in that quiet distance
I found something softer:
my own peace,
my own happiness.

Don't they look so sexy...

Why Men Drink

We don’t drink for taste or thrill,
Not for crowds, not for the chill.
We drink to numb a brutal day—
Work that drains, yet doesn’t pay.

Dreams we chase but never meet,
Pressure crushing, quiet, deep.
So we lift a glass to ease the weight,
Then rise again to face our fate.

-Thirsty-

It's starting to look like another long night...