It is hard to take a step back from something you have grown accustomed to. I truly do feel for people who in the midst of a financial or other personal struggle have to give up something they value.  But sometimes I wonder, do we need a reality check? The Yacht Years ago, as I…

Had I been given a chance to choose my gender at an early age, I am sure I would have selected to be male. Most of my cousins were boys. Boys get to go on grand adventures and play with toy trucks and guns! As a girl, I was expected to wear pretty dresses and…

This is a letter to my ex. Anybody who feels the same is free to share. We finally had our day in court. I know this is not the outcome you had hoped for, but I think the decision was fair. You wanted them to look at you in your current state. To see you…

I was not surprised when I got the call. I prepared myself for this years ago, when we both knew that this was surely where your destructive lifestyle would lead. Had this happened a few years ago, I would have said it is karma. But you have been doing so good lately. You have held…

Your life is hard. I get it. I know your story. Abandoned by your mother, along with your older brothers and sisters. Abused by your dad and step-mom. Teachers didn’t put forth enough effort to get through to you. It seems that nobody expected you to amount to much. Even you. You learned of your…

“Hard to explain to someone who has no clue. It’s a daily struggle being in pain or feeling sick on the inside while you look fine on the outside.” I am sure many of you have seen them before. Posts that float around social networking sites such as Facebook, recognizing what it is like to…

Do you remember the night you gave me peppermints? I will remember it forever. Our daughter was 2 weeks old. You and your new “friend” were getting awful close. My grandmother and your sister warned me that you were spending a lot of time with some woman at work. But that’s OK. If I can…

You had your chance. But you chose to do your own thing. Now you are sad to realize what you have missed. I have news for you. She did not come with a pause button. I could not just put our lives on hold until you were ready to participate. You make up stories about…

Wow! That seems to have come out of nowhere! But that is exactly what I heard when I took my daughter to see her dad (my ex) at a park a few days ago. I suppose the old lady who told us that Obama was our punishment from God was trying to be a good…

In a recent discussion on ways to prevent certain illnesses, I was surprised to hear a dear friend say that one of his favorite Bible quotes is “God helps those who help themselves.” I always thought it was part of a song, like you would hear in Saturday morning cartoons. Turns out we were both…