An Eighth Shot of Espresso: Coffee and Creativity on Mum's Third Shift

I can fix them just by the power of goodwill and suggestion. I know what's good for them I know how to solve all their problems. Just give me a chance I'll do a good job I can save them from themselves. It's my duty to fix the broken to comfort the unhappy and to make everything all right If there is a will there is a way and I know they have the will all they need is the way and I can give that. They just need motivation to move forward And the encouragement to change their ways of life and to better themselves We can lift them up to the light and if they save themselves they can thank me for giving them the courage.

Extra padding Going through and cutting through the fat Inflated statistics to make you look good. Obfuscate the truth and need to dig deep to see the reality. A salad of intelligent words nine or ten when only five should do A mess of sycophants when a handful of good friends will always have your back. See counts go down peace of mind go up See popularity dip and numbers shrink but lose the weight and fly free.

Mend a broken heart Sew it up with needle and thread a broken life with sticks and glue even if you use the latest technology employ the best techniques some scars will remain dug deep into its core: the soul remembers. Mend a broken soul Glue it piece by piece a broken hope with needle and thread even if you bind them together use the pins and needles some cracks with remain dug deep into the crevice: the heart remembers.

Almond and Olive Cypress and Seagrass Sandalwood Rose Japanese Blossom Shea Butter Fragrant Apple Lavender Natural Cold batch Vegan Handcrafted Wrapped up in pretty paper milled by the most careful hands. A deluge of scents A rainbow of colors Pamper your senses Treat your skin Luxuriate Soak in the water And let your worries and cares drift away from your mind.

Loving yourself before you can love others: there is a wellspring of affection that feeds back on itself. Knowing how to treat yourself gently: you can share that empathy and when you see those who need a kind word you can give it. Seeing that no one is perfect: the flaws that you have doesn't mean you are broken. And it doesn't mean they are broken too. Trying to keep all this in mind: when you endure so much and become jaded in spirit it takes effort to remember these universal truths.