When I read that a police station was on fire in Minneapolis, I was a bag of mixed emotions. Nothing justifies the actions of the police officers who murdered George Floyd. Riots don’t have a great history of making successful change, but everyone there is human. There is a human element to all of it […]
While many are starting to grow weary of the shelter in place and altered American life, I am realizing that not much has changed for me. Having a RA and asthma, my life changed with my RA diagnosis. Weeks before the shelter in place, I started to make a plan on how to limit my […]
If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. Les Brown My daughter lives a very charmed life. A life for which she can often be ungrateful and dramatic about. I wouldn’t take away the charm. I am giving her a bit of what I did not have as […]
“I hope Daddy gets that job.” My daughter said sweetly.”Oh yea. Why is that?” I asked.”So I can see him more often. I haven’t seen him at all this year. I miss him and once you guys are divorced, I’ll never see him again. “
Without realizing it, I had forgotten that after my divorce was final in a few months, I would finally be single. I would no longer have to check married or separated on forms anymore. I wouldn’t sit in the doctor’s office thinking, “If I critically ill today, he can say what happens to my world.” […]
Just south of San Luis Obispo, there is a stretch of beach for the family who likes to rough it and ride ATVs. This Labor Day weekend. Friends and I took off to Pismo for family camping. It’s become a bit of a tradition. We load up our trucks and SUVs and head for the […]
Many years ago, when I started using ride share apps, I felt a twinge of guilt not calling a taxi. There was two reasons at that time I didn’t want a taxi. The first is that they were never where I needed one when I needed one, and I didn’t want to talk to a […]
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: People with this condition are frequently described as arrogant, self-centered, manipulative, and demanding. They may also concentrate on grandiose fantasies (e.g. their own success, beauty, brilliance) and may be convinced that they deserve special treatment. This past weekend I went to visit with a friend of mine who had not met my former husband. […]
Shopping and pizza by myself! Thanks to my big who is caring for my kid while camp us out for the week.
Lost in TRANSition Diary Entry The Other Parent (OP) “It’s a delicate art.” She said. That was my former spouse’s response to my indelicate question about how he/she hid her junk in the bikini he/she was wearing. It was the moment I realized that she was no longer ever going to be he again. Nor […]
