Real Life and Other Randomness

There have been several times these last few weeks where I wanted to be anywhere or do anything else but what I've been doing. Many time...

The last two weeks have been an up-and-down, sideways-twisting, loop-the-loop, roller coaster of a ride. With any chronic disease, like Park...

Thursdays are my mother's favorite days. Thursdays are shuffling cards, homemade desserts, and good friends. Thursdays are a break from ...

I hate the smell of Axe body spray. As a junior high teacher, it's my right -- nay, my duty as an American educator -- to lead the fig...

I've always had a variety of musical tastes. My parents loved old country. My friends were into hip-hop and rap. I graduated high school...

One of my mother's favorite games is Scrabble. She is amazing at it. She used to play Scrabble with her friend, Ann, who was the only pe...

We live in a big ol' world full of big ol' scary things. As an anxious child, I naturally developed many deep fears, some normal whi...