Two years ago today my husband of (then) 27 years and father of our two wonderful sons divided out his portion of the contents of our shared life, packed it up and drove out of my life forever. Just five days earlier he told me that is what he was going to do– and he … Continue reading →

I saw this posted on a FaceBook conversation earlier today. Made me start to think. You see, the word bigotry sure has had a unique turn around. Sometimes now, it is those yelling “intolerance” who have become the bigots.  Ironically, they themselves have become intolerant and even vitriolic towards those with respectful yet differing opinions. … Continue reading →

Everyone struggles with hypocrisy.  At times our hypocrisy is quite public and other times –not so much. Everyone of us can think of another who has fallen. I sure can!!  Or even worse, in their falling we were collateral damage. I am sure that everyone reading this knows that we ALL have our broken – … Continue reading →

Isn’t it sad how people try to manage the rot in their own life? I have an abscess under one of my molars.  The pain over the last six days at times has been excruciation to the point that I finally went to a dentist.  He confirmed the infection, as well as a crack through my tooth.  He also … Continue reading →

My son loves peanut-butter and jelly sandwiches. I would make them often for him to take in his school lunch. Things changed though when a young man with a peanut allergy became part of the group that my son associated with. Out of deference to this teenagers medical needs ( and more likely a healthy … Continue reading →