Well, the holidays will be here before you know it. Halloween is right around the corner. Decorations are sparkling in the sun. Monsters and ghosts are certainly doing their part. Scary figures lurking in the night. Children can’t wait until that night when they can dress in their favorite costume, candy bag in hand and go knocking at doors. Anticipating the surprise. Trick OR treat? Then, the holidays begin. Thanksgiving.…
A week and a half ago, I got a call in the early afternoon. My mother had not been in good health for a while. The call alerted me to come to her home and do it today. Her health was deteriorating rapidly. I did. Dropped everything and drove over to her home where I found her unresponsive to my voice. Her look at me was blank. I held her…
It’s certainly been a while since I have connected with all of you. The last year and a half has been challenging to say the least. In January of 2018 we lost my mother-in-law. We knew it was coming. It was just a matter of time. The sad thing is that before that, in November of 2016, I lost the sweetest, the most funny by far, loving Aunt. She could…
Have you ever been somewhere that made you uncomfortable? A place you never thought people would treat you badly? Call you names, tell you that you didn’t belong? Cuss at you? And then silence? No one spoke to you? I have. I AM. It is the worse feeling. It is something that has never happened to me in my life. I have never been treated or talked to like this.…
Did you ever stop and think, what happens when you’re alone, your spouse has passed, you get sick and what? Who will come to help? Who will truly show they care? Who will step up and offer? Who? You have children. One has chosen not to speak to you in over 8 years. Why? He never told you. Your heart breaks every day. Birthdays, Christmas, holidays……..tears fill them all. You’ve reached out…