This Thing Called Life

These are some crazy times we are living in. Being pretty much quarantined for five months really gives you time to think.  It also has

It was a Saturday morning and I was determined to get my run in early, way before every dog in the neighborhood was dragged to

As I promised, this is the second part of the story. I don’t want you to think that, contrary to what I had almost convinced

Let me preface this by saying that this will be the first of a two part story……. Somewhere between then and now I took up

“Anything is bearable if you can make a story out of it.”….M. Scott Momaday Maybe it’s just the overall climate these days that’s got me

I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and I just want it down on record……I sincerely think that after you’ve reached a certain age

“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world”…….Bette Midler The week started out with its usual fanfare. I had been saving

“If I couldn’t use food or love to define contentment, I would choose reading” Mary Roach _____ Growing up I always hated going to the

I know this website is mainly about parenting and all that good stuff; however, I thought I’d digress a little to talk about “Love” on

  It was late fall, The year was 1990. The children and I had recently moved from Dayton, Ohio to Maryland during the summer of 1989 and we were muddling

It has been well documented that little girls are profoundly affected by the treatment they receive from their fathers – whether it’s good or bad,