It's a Buddy's World

Ever wondered if other parents have the same thoughts? Remember the time your child painted the family dog? Ever wondered how other’s feel about losing a loved one? Well so have I. It’s a Buddy’s World is based on real life events, both personal and the tales of others. Th e book actually started with articles I published in magazines and news papers. My readers commented on wanting more, and some actually thanked me for making them feel better.

I have tried to include a broad selection of topics which I hope you will enjoy and, in some cases, take to heart. Curl up and relax, and let me warm your heart and stimulate the “ Hmmm, I wonder...”, side of you. I promise at least some will bring a knowing smile to your face, while others will bring forth feelings of empathy. As that old saying goes : “Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you have been up to”. I hope I can help you smile, at least for a while.

Welcome to Buddy’s World. With an easy going, humourous, and home spun wisdom style of writing, the author reflects on many aspects of people’s lives and living. This collection of articles, essays, and stories, grew from the author’s published works in magazines, and news papers. Bud, or Buddy which is his real name, has worked and lived on two continents, giving him many experiences to draw from. Some of the articles offer a humourous look inside his family life, raising children, teenagers and grand children. Others are more philosophical such as the question we sometimes ask ourselves: “What if....?”. With a background in psychology, teaching and paramedics, Buddy also has included the more sombre side of life. His articles on getting older and suicide are written from the heart of experience. It is an honest, straightforward, easy to read style, much like listening to a grandfather or trusted friend. With his life experiences and university education, you can feel the blending of the child in the man through his writing. This book is like a good friend you want to talk to when your down, it will bring a smile to your face and a glow to your heart.

( from Those Embarassing Moments )

I have written several articles so far on what I would like to think of as the lighter side of life.  I suppose some people could say they are those, embarrassing moments we would all like to forget.  Why?  First of all if anyone remembers any of those moments, they do so with love and a kinship of sorts.  Yes we have all had at least a couple of those things happen to us.  On the other hand if some people bring them up to embarrass you all over again, they should really get a life.  Why do these things happen to other wise perfectly sane and normal people?  Why do we lock the keys in the car?  Why do we say something completely, forgive me, stupid from time to time?  Guess what…………YOUR HUMAN GET USED TO IT! 

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(  from A Spiral To Hell )

I feel alone and abandoned this evening.  I am in a land far from my own, far from my culture and my language.  I am not understood, or I do not care to be.  I am abused by predators of a lonely heart.  I am abused by myself, blame, guilt, feelings of betrayal to my very soul.  Why you ask?  Well I could lay out all the sordid details I suppose, but why.  It is after all a private hell.  Escape, can not see one at the moment.  Actions for self-preservation?  Trying, the old ways are not what they used to be.  Pain, pain of the heart, pain of the soul.  Alone, never have I been this alone before in my life.  Spinning in circles, searching for the way out of my bowl of water.  Time, time, too much time.  Space, space, too much space.  Fight, fight to find my center, my inner voice, my guidance.  Fall, fall to my knees shaken, and weakened to my most inner being.  Scream; scream at the moon, the stars, and the universe.  The noise proves I live still, I am here, take notice of me. 

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( from It is Starting to Look like Christmas)