Ya Gotta Wonder! Given the recent goings on in Austin with Texas politicians treating the abortion issue as nothing more than a rodeo event, I feel the need to share two true stories about abortion from my book Stories from a Global Cowgirl. Abortion is a serious issue. Choosing to have an abortion leaves skid […]
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Posts Tagged ‘Texas’
Proud Texan vs Anti-Vaxers
Posted by David Wallace on August 12, 2021
“I don’t care that the polio vaccine I was given caused me to have a limp for the rest of my life. Sometimes you gotta take one for the good of an entire team. And polio had to be irradicated. I’d take that vaccine again, even knowing it would leave me slightly deformed.” Those were […]
Read MoreVoting. We’re Looking at This All Wrong!
Posted by David Wallace on July 18, 2021
Ya gotta wonder… Why do we make voting a 42-act play in this country? There was a time when we prided ourselves in being Americans, being efficient, and getting things done. Why don’t we do what they do in Australia? There it’s the law all eligible voters MUST vote in Federal elections. If you don’t, […]
Read MoreDo You Have a Heart to Face Any Fate?
Posted by David Wallace on July 13, 2021
This is not the blog entry I intended to write today. Then a friend’s husband took his life over the weekend. We are living in a time of a thunderstorm of frogs. This is a personal thunderstorm for my friend that is going to go on for a long time. No vaccine or booster has […]
Read MoreApplaud Yourself
Posted by David Wallace on April 13, 2021
Feeling good. This is one of my favorite places to be. Here’s a story that shows how you can take yourself to a Feel-Good Place every day. Taking Yourself to a Feel-Good Place Elevator door opens. The fellow inside looks me straight in the eye. I can’t break his stare. He is shamelessly flirting. The […]
Read MoreWhoopi Goldberg and Kindness
Posted by David Wallace on February 8, 2021
Whoopi’s Moment of Excellent Kindness Whoopi Goldberg doesn’t know me, but I feel an unbreakable connection to her because she taught me the power of kindness. Wanna big hug from rejection? Be a broadcast producer getting sound bites from famous folks at a glitzy do. Understandably, the relationship between the press and famous somebodies is […]
Read More“I’m taking you to a place beyond your imagination.”
Posted by David Wallace on February 1, 2021
Music and the Heart “Come with me, young lady. I’m taking you to a place beyond your imagination.” There, in the middle of a dark room, is a cozy chair swaddled in a single beam of light. Back in the shadows is the fuzzy outline of something inanimate giving off the whiff of a faint […]
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