Permission to smile….. Granted

It seems that all the front page news is all to familiar; it is alive and well, like yesterday. The pages of our stories are thankfully endless. Starting over is our minute by minute choice and gift.  We smart humans can be predictable except in our own personal changes and revolutions. As we analyse the days of old and the constant series of struggles that have passed, we see the unforgiven moments unfortunately remain along with the valuable lessons we were suppose to learn. The old mistakes fade and make way for new ones. I see my son becoming a man more and more and my other children quickly follow in his example. My young man son looks about wondering how many mistakes he will have to make before getting it really right. I look at him and smile with the experience of forty-nine years I have been blessed with and assure him that time is our friend and mistakes are the ingredients of fine armor. This wiggle road that we travel is full of things to trip on and we do. We also find valuable perils on the dusty trail worthy of smell, a touch and even a kiss if she likes us and offers a glimmer of hope to our journey. The calluses of lessons learned are our right of passage and I recommend smiling as much as possible. Life is funny, mean and beautiful. Move on with courage my children. Seek out someone who loves the real you and cook colorful food and kiss a lot and go to the beach and call your mom and smile back at the mirror and more! We are blessed.

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Published by Robert Milstid

Robert Milstid has been creating literary works for many years. His writing first took form as a playwright, authoring two plays, Just a Phase and I Was a Pig for a Day and Nobody Noticed. Both plays were produced and performed in Houston, Texas. Under the direction of the late Bill Morton, a truly inspirational theatrical writer and director, Mr. Milstid became involved in the theatre as an actor as well. He studied at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York and was a highly active member of a professional theatre, Main Street in Houston Texas for several years. In 1989 he and his wife moved to Hoboken, New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. His one man show, Diary of a Nonconformist was created, written and rehearsed by Mr. Milstid on the roof of his Hoboken apartment. This performance poetry piece was booked at the now infamous, CBGBs in the East Village. He also went on to perform in several plays while in New York City that included the world premier of Lanny Hill's original play, "Uncle Alton", as well as becoming an active company member of the 13th Street Repertory Theatre. Mr. Milstid began writing an abundant supply of poetry and free verse performance pieces during his time in the city, performing at the Nuyorican's Poetry Café and various other venues. After his son was born in 1991, he and his wife decided to move to Florida. Shortly after moving to Florida, the couple then had a daughter. After several years of performing in Orlando, Mr. Milstid hung up his acting hat for the most part and began applying his creative efforts at Nickelodeon Studios as a scenic carpenter and went on to start his own custom carpentry business. In 2005 his marriage of twenty plus years came to an end and he found himself starting from scratch again as a single man. The lonely nights in his small apartment gave way to a renewed need and love for writing again. Mr. Milstid penned his first novel called, The Consequences of Breathing. During the next few years and was married after meeting an amazing woman whom he wrote about as the character of Pearl in The Consequences of Breathing. After the economy took a nosedive in 2009 Mr. Milstid took a position at a Memory Care Center/Assisted living facility as a maintenance technician. He then went on to write his second book, Transitions, which cameos the lives of those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and the struggles of their families. Writing is a passion for Robert Milstid and with outlines for three new books underway it doesn't appear to be slowing down. His writing is raw, humble, provocative and unpredictable. His genres are purposefully varied so as to offer new approaches in his art. At Fifty-four years old Mr. Milstid still rides his motorcycle as well as his mountain bike and skateboard. He loves time with his four children and his amazing wife. A long life in a short time, this is Robert Milstid.

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