2015-03-20 23:20
Today, March 20, 2015, is the third annual International Day of Happiness, as decreed in a proclamation from the United Nations in 2011.On the surface, it might sound a little silly or even… Read More
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My everyday misadventures, sometimes funny, sometimes serious.
2015-02-23 14:31
Especially as someone who desperately misses my cherished children, J.K. Simmons made me cry last night in his Academy Award acceptance speech when he implored people to call their parents… Read More
2015-02-17 19:34
It can often be the small victories that make your day: I finally cleaned up a computer virus that was tormenting me. It’s finally gone. I am giddy with relief and fl… Read More
2015-01-22 09:11
Went for a routine CT scan last Thursday, routine as far as keeping an eye on the liver tumors, which have mercifully been shrinking.I tried to put it out of my mind. I believe if you… Read More
2014-12-25 06:21
I have been struggling with much grief and fear this holiday season. My beloved family is fractured, some of my children estranged, it seems, beyond restoration. Being a mother h… Read More
2014-11-27 09:59
I offer thanks today for all the good I have in my life. I am so grateful to God for putting in my path so many wonderful people who are so good to me. My caretakers who pro… Read More
2014-11-01 15:57
I started my blog in 2008 with great trepidation. Doing research on the pit falls of writing online, I came across a very funny essay entitled “How to Dissuade Yourself from Writ… Read More
2014-09-21 10:59
Gosh. How on earth did that happen?!?!At any rate, Happy Happy Birthday to me and to Bruce (Springsteen, of course) whose b-day precedes mine by a few years but follows mine by a few d… Read More
2014-07-21 21:54
I have been inundated with telemarketing calls lately. So when I saw the 877 number come up on the caller ID a few minutes ago, I ignored it. I didn't feel like coping with yet a… Read More
2014-07-07 02:39
Not to be lazy or anything...ok, well maybe I am a tad bit lazy, but I am digging up some of my older posts, especially ones that received a few laughs in the past. Posts I intended to… Read More
2014-06-16 03:01
I am such a passionate Anglophile that sometimes it actually makes me seriously wonder about the possibility of past lives.I have felt the pull of England ever since I can remember. Ch… Read More
2014-05-16 16:19
My daughter, her little girls and I got together on Monday for Mother’s Day. It was one day late, but as I have been under the weather, and her husband was working late, it worke… Read More
2014-04-17 05:15
Wow, I have never gone so long without writing a blog post. Over two months! Writing this blog is probably one of the most rewarding, gratifying, fun things I have ever experienc… Read More
2014-02-14 11:29
It doesexist. AND I WAS AWAKE FOR NEARLY FORTY EIGHT HOURS AS LIVING PROOF. Its name is Solumedrol and it is a steroid. The Miracle Part: I have been virtually… Read More
2013-12-25 18:02
In this season of promise and expectation, my thoughts go to the myriad of Everyday Angels that surround me, my powerful circle of love and hope. You all, who have given me so much, will be… Read More
2013-12-08 02:42
I didn't exactly forget to put up a Pray & Laugh post last Friday, as I said I was going to do each week. It is more a matter of still contemplating how I am going to apply it.&nbs&hell…Read More
2013-11-28 19:06
If I allow myself, I can have a splendid wallow in the muck of all the tough things I am dealing with. MS. Stage 4 cancer. Severely diminished financial status. Worst… Read More
2013-11-23 03:26
I met someone the other day that I believe is one of those people God puts in your way for a reason. Although he was an utter stranger, he knew something of my struggles. A… Read More
2013-11-17 00:29
Online today I read an interesting statement. “When someone tells you they are going to be brutally honest, “ it was observed, “they usually mean they are going to b… Read More
2013-11-12 00:27
I lay here in the semi-darkness, in a shabby, aged, not particularly clean hospital room. It is the middle of the night. Although I can hear the sweet sound of rain that I love… Read More
2013-11-07 05:54
All treatment that I’ve received over the past eight years for MS was designed to slow the progression of disability. Some of the meds didn’t work, some I declined because… Read More
2013-10-28 17:55
On scales large and small, I have had to re-invent myself any number of times throughout my life.As a four year old, I had to learn to live with a disability after an accident caused me to l… Read More
2013-10-16 04:24
So. Today, at the age of 59, I got my very first tattoo.See if you can guess what it is:This?No? How about this?Hmmm…what about this charmer?Ok, I’ll tell you&hellip&hell…Read More
2013-10-05 15:07
It has been a rough couple of months. And, as usual, my unhealthy coping mechanism is going to ground.But writing this blog has been one of the most fun and rewarding things I have eve… Read More
2013-07-28 21:14
I never, ever thought I would get cancer. Not in a million years. But if I did, in my dreams I would be cool and dignified, tragically elegant, wan and heartbreakingly beautiful… Read More
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