New Year…Same You

So it’s 16 days into 2016. How are your new year resolutions going? You know that one big thing you said you would do this year or the multiple itemed list. I don’t mean to sound sarcastic but each year most people make pie in the sky resolutions then by now have fallen flat. In […]

PaisleyPerspective Turns 5!

WOW! Five years ago, January 1, 2011 PaisleyPerspective blog was launched. The idea was formed out the need to do something worthwhile. I was unemployed and in between seeking a new job or means of income, I decided it was time to start my own blog. Prior to PaisleyPerspective.com, I contributed to a political blog. […]

First Days

Tear streaked faces with runny noses along with convulsive crying are a constant on the first day of school for many parents of five year olds. Parents don’t fear it will be okay, I know you’re nervous. Oh you thought I was talking about the children…well they too have their moments. However most often it […]

Built By Bullies

My first encounter with a bully was when I witnessed a classmate have milk poured on their head. I was 5 years old and waiting for my mother to pick me up from half day kindergarten. I recall thinking that the act was mean but the kid who did it was much older, so I […]

Heatstroke…Is No Joke!

On average 38 children die from being left in unattended hot vehicles each year. In 2014, there were 32 deaths due to children being left in hot vehicles. As of July 20th of this year there have been 10 reported deaths of children associated with being left in unattended vehicles.* Last year, my husband and […]

Greater Than My Fear

I am greater than my fear. I am greater than my fear. I am greater than my fear. I could say fears but there actually is only one ultimate fear…failing or failure. This is not who I was when I was a child. I had wide opened ambitions. I wanted to attend West Point not […]

The Greedy Get Got

My late father a reformed con man, hustler, and street smart type, always said, “the greedy get got.” He was referring to victims of con games or schemes. I didn’t agree with him for all instances, such as the elderly or children being hustled or conned. He agreed to a point that what fooled them […]

Purple Potatoes

We all have at least one thing we regret. If you don’t have any regrets then you haven’t lived long enough. Okay young people don’t be offended it’s the truth. When I was younger, I had no regrets or that is what I thought. Life and decades pass and we all look back, thinking there […]

Thoughts: Seeing Selma The Movie

I saw Selma last Friday evening. Immediately after work, solo. I was surrounded by some who looked like me, and some who didn’t. We all watched silently, with reverence and respect. But no one really looked at each other. Maybe in different ways, and for different reasons, it just hurt too much to acknowledge our […]

Love Begets Love

~~~ I have become that adult who says, “I remember when times were better back in the day.” That term ‘back in the day’ is relative because to some their youth may have been filled with struggles, fear and sadness. Watching the news it seems like the youth of today are surrounded by struggle, fear […]