It's All About Relationships
posted over 4 years ago, updated about 15 hours later | 1 comment
The other evening I sat thinking about my biological family. My brother, sister and I are are all that's left. Mom's been gone since 1980 and Dad passed last year. Dad was really hard to take because he'd been hospitalized with a stroke, went to r...
Life Lessons
posted over 5 years ago, updated about 3 hours later | 1 comment
Someone once said, "In school, you learn the lesson, then you get tested. In life, you get tested, then you learn the lesson." So true, so very, very true. Now that I'm middle-aged, I've learned LOTS of lessons.
I used to be the angry, young prot...
I used to be the angry, young prot...
What's Happened To Our Sense of Community?
posted over 5 years ago, updated 21 minutes later | 5 comments
One of the things I worry about most is what our society will be like when my daughter reaches adulthood. I became a mother late in life and always pray I will live long enough to see her graduate from college and that I become a grandmother.
I h...
I h...
Fear Of Flying
posted over 5 years ago, updated about 16 hours later | 1 comment
Last July I was on a plane to Las Vegas. A Middle Eastern looking man headed towards the rear of the plane to the restroom. My eyes followed him until he disappeared. Something ugly was nagging at the back of my mind. I kept looking at my watch, w...
The "Weighty" Issue
posted over 5 years ago, updated 9 days later | 8 comments
I can't, for the life of me, figure this weight thing out in our culture. Especially puzzling is the damned media and their constant portrayal of what women, especially, should look like. Having models, actresses and tv personalities as our role m...
NOT Just a Dog or Cat
posted over 5 years ago, updated about 3 hours later | 2 comments
I'm probably going to get some negative comments about some things on this blog but let me give everyone some friendly advice beforehand: this is MY blog. If your opinion is rude and argumentative regarding what I write, post your remarks on YOUR ...
The "M" Word
posted over 5 years ago, updated 5 minutes later | 2 comments
Well, here I am over 50...56 to be exact. I'm thinking back to last year when my hot flashes finally subsided to where I don't have to carry a handtowel to wipe away sweat. I'm exagerrating a bit, but it was BAD! I hardly ever have them now, thank...
Home, Sweet Home!
posted over 5 years ago, updated 6 minutes later | 2 comments
We have to do lots of CBTs (Computer Based Training) on my job. Most of them are to be taken annually. Last year, there was a new one required: "Human Trafficking". My mouth fell open as I looked at my computer screen. "Human Trafficking", I thoug...
Reflections on Roni
posted over 5 years ago, updated about 1 hour later | 0 comments
Roni was only fourteen at the time of her death.
She had ran away from home many times. She was born in Cleveland, OH to a sixteen year old mother and a twenty two year old father. The father, a high school drop out and good-for-nothing, unemploy...
She had ran away from home many times. She was born in Cleveland, OH to a sixteen year old mother and a twenty two year old father. The father, a high school drop out and good-for-nothing, unemploy...
Loss of Civility In Our Society
posted over 5 years ago, updated 4 days later | 15 comments
You know, I was in line at the market once and saw a young man step in front of an older gentlemen. I guess this jerk felt he couldn't wait his turn like the rest of us mortals. Of course, the older gentleman (and he was much older), gave him this...
