Ranting & Raving

When I was a little girl and not so little I and my friends were appalled by our neighbors who would not give out Halloween candy.  I remember that while their children were young, they would and take their little children around so everyone would make their Halloween experiences joyful but after their kids were [...]

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Do you ever feel like you’re the only one who “takes the highroad”?   I am constantly professing to my children, friends and employees to take a step back and try to understand before being understood.  This is one of the seven habits which I normally aspire to but I have to say I’m a little [...]

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Once upon a time I was needle phobic.  Then I got pregnant and had to have blood drawn to protect my unborn baby so I put my big girl pants on and had it done.  Imagine at 20 years old being checked for syphilis now that’s gross but it was standard procedure.  Just for the [...]

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Accepting that I may have no friends after I finish this blog, I must in the spirit of fairness provide the other side of the story. Actually it was one of my readers (Curly Q) who convinced me to attempt to see the problems from the other side and expose how we got here.  I [...]

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I‘ve been watching the program “Til debt do us part“, the series on TV where couples apply to get a money makeover from Gail Vaz-Oxlade.  It is incredible to me how seemingly intelligent people can be so incredibly stupid about money.   It’s really quite simple.  If you make $4000 net a month and you spend [...]

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You think I’m kidding and I’ve just enticed you to read further.  Well okay, that is true but I have a point.  I’ve just been stood up for a breakfast date with a friend.  I got up early, took my shower, got ready and called her at the agreed upon time.  It goes to voicemail.  [...]

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Has anyone ever said this to you?  Especially during a time of personal crisis, I’ve observed that those who really don’t want to get involved in your situation or your pain like to say this handy little phrase.  It makes them feel that they have offered and if you choose not to take them up [...]

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Having spent almost 3 years in an out of hospitals caring for my Sister, I’ve heard this comment many times.  I always wonder how these people would feel if they were living in a bed paralyzed and their people on the outside “couldn’t handle” coming to see them and making sure they were getting the [...]

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I realized a few years ago when my alarm clock would go off, the headlines for the news would come on. Before I had a chance to start my day or even put my feet on the ground I allowed myself to be bombarded with the atrocities that people do to each other plus [...]

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