June is National Pride Month, when we honor the struggle for equal rights and celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, it seemed fitting to talk about the story of how I learned Roberta was part of that community.
Prevention of Addiction: My Other Child
Happy Sunday my friends! I was overwhelmed by the response and amount of views on last week’s post and I thank you so much for the support! The feedback lead me to believe there was a need to continue the conversation about addiction and psychological disorders. This week I am going to discuss prevention. How we are going to try to prevent another one of my children, Isabella, from a co-occurring disorder.
Mother’s Day History and Tribute to My Favorite Moms
Happy Mother’s Day to All you Beautiful Women! We are a special group of selfless human beings. As soon as we have our first child, we drop to second place. In my case – I spent a lot of years in 6th. One of the reasons I love my husband so much is because he started in 5th place, was soon dropped down to 7th and never complained. Poor guy stayed there for a long time. In the last few years, he has been moving up in rank as the kids have moved on and out. These days he bounces up and down between 3rd and 4th depending on who is around or if our Bella is home from college. +19
Racism – The Day I Learned of its Existence
My daughters tell me I can be naive because I am admittedly surprised by these stories of blatant racism. How could this still be going on in this day and age? But here we are – I guess I am naive, but I am learning. I wasn’t taught about racism growing up. I don’t know how much it was talked about in anyone’s home in my generation – it wasn’t in mine. So it hits me, I am going to tell my story of the day I learned that racism existed….
Phone Free For Five Days: A Humourous Travel Blog
So what happens when you leave your cell phone home? On my way to the airport heading to San Francisco to visit #3, aka Roberta, I went to call my mother to say goodbye and couldn’t find my phone.