I’m overcome, so I’m just going to tell my story. Naysayers, belittlers, condemners, mockers be damned. About three months ago, I was in my home, stupidly walking as I ate. I was passing through the bathroom from the kitchen into the bedroom when I slipped and tried to catch myself…

Hidden by masks, some people think they are invisible. I’ll bet that’s what Ratchet Woman thought when we came across each other in Walmart. She was a short thing with a mean face, hair pulled back tight, early-thirties. Her buggy moved so fast that the two small boys worked hard…

UPDATE: Couple people DM’d me how only 1 person responded & this is sad and telling. PLEASE — This is a short request, but deadly serious. My friend genuinely wants to commit suicide (I’ve already intervened with his family to provide mental health services to him). …

Hmmm. Let’s put aside our fake Facebook lives for a minute. Been thinking about Naomi Judd. I watched an interview with her a long time ago where she said that when she had wanted to commit suicide in the past, she thought that her kids would understand because, surely, they…

I guess you could say that I’m obsessed with moments. That’s because Dad once told me, “Son, a moment is a fragment of time that exists only so long as someone remembers it.” He was trying to keep me from feeling desperate about Mom’s death. I’ve come to realize that…

Change Your Pet’s Life: Cheap & Easy Homemade Pet Food Recipe I used to research about how to make homemade pet food. Instinctively, it seemed like a good idea, but it also seemed like a great deal of trouble and money, too. It was only when our rescue dog, Abner…

In good times or bad, being prepared is simply the smartest thing you can do. Since being prepared encompasses so many different aspects, I’ve decided to focus on medicine preparation. Keeping a backup supply of medicines for use during times of emergency rarely occurs to people. Often, food, shelter, first…

(or What Happened When I Got Old) Through all my yesterdays, I sometimes paused to watch folks wind down, caught in old age like flies in a spider’s web. In those blinks of an eye, I mourned for them. But then I was off, and they dissolved into memories. Why…