Thanksgiving left over dish

I love to cook for the holidays. I love having my children at my home and feeding them as if “diet” was a word only extraterrestrials knew the meaning of. What I don’t love doing is throwing food out when they leave because I personally happen to...

ADVICE

My mother is one of those mothers who is always giving advice to her children. That used to drive me crazy. Because if you don’t know how to give advice the right way it can be misconstrued as an insult. On Thanksgiving I was talking to my son in Florida and he...

MY BRAKE LIGHT

A couple of months ago I noticed that my brake light was lit up on the dashboard. I also noticed that the ABS light was shining bright. The last thing I needed was a hefty bill for repairing my car. So I started praying. I prayed some more and the light kept shining,...

JIAN GHOMESHI

I have broached the subject of BDSM before. It is a very dangerous arena to enter if you are looking for love. I happened upon the story of Mr. Ghomeshi while checking my email yesterday. It appears as if he thinks that abuse is acceptable in the search for love. This...

ACHIEVING A BALANCE

I have the pleasure of being invited to quite a lot of wonderful events. There are also many invitations that I have declined. Usually the reason why I decline is because I want to write in my novel. Either that or my house needs to be cleaned. Then there is the...

BEING CONSIDERATE

Being considerate doesn’t take that much. It takes just a little bit of time and thought. The other day as I was traveling back home from seeing my son in Louisiana I saw a man who had neither the time nor the thought process for consideration. The event...