Most everyone knows that I, along with all the other women in my family, am a staunch Democrat. Women in my family have been exercising the right to vote even when it was dangerous to do so. My great-aunt told me about voting for FDR & Kennedy, Carter and Clinton,…
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End Of A Diseased Era
It’s interesting looking back on my life with Colitis. For the past few months I’ve been obsessed with remembering moments and symptoms and comparing notes. I’m not really sure why. Maybe I’m trying to get a handle on a why and how. Why it happened? And how did it get…
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Very First Back To School Night
I can remember helping the teacher prep for Back To School Night by taping up book reports, artwork and pictures he/she took of the class. Back To School Night was such an exciting night growing up! Showing mommy and daddy our desks, projects and listening to the teacher talk about…
Random Thoughts
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A Spoon Full Of Reality Helps The Medicine Go Down
I have to say that God knew what he was doing when he guided my spirit to my mother. She is the best person to mentor me through this life. I don’t see it everyday, but sometimes my heart opens up and I hear her. I heard her tonight. My…
The President’s Youngest Best Friend
Democrat or Republican, I’ve always been politically active and interested since I was a girl. My family believes in community, so we have always been socially conscious, philanthropic & politically aware. So it was inevitable that my having a child in the middle of this huge change in our nation’s executive…
Couple's Corner
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1st day…1st year…19 more to go
Today marked Jax’s official first day of Preschool. Can I actually say that now? Am I actually saying that my son is in preschool? I have a preschooler? Real school. Like learning and all that junk. Crazy! You know three years ago today he was raging war in my belly…