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…
Wow, today it is HOT. Nothing but heat for the last week. I don’t know about any of you but, I don’t do well in the “can hardly breathe” still air. You get yourself ready to go out and you get hit with a wall of fire the minute you open the door. Did you get ready for nothing? Why bother to look good? The heat will get you every time.…
Easter in the Greek Orthodox faith is the happiest, biggest day of the year. One will cook and bake for a week before the Holy day. A week that is filled with a loving heart. A long time ago, my table was elbow to elbow with family celebrating this wondrous day. Slowly, a different path grew wide. Now, things are different. The table is large with room for many. But, Greek food and…
Some may complain about their children. I say if you have contact, phone, person, email consider yourself lucky. Some, like myself, don’t have that luxury. I was blessed with 2 sons. My younger son I haven’t seen or spoken to in 9 years. I have 3 beautiful grandchildren, one great grandchild and one on the way. Haven’t seen them either. Facebook is a marvelous tool. My older son is cold…
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.…