Unlike the other syndromes, this one isn’t just interesting. It’s downright and shockingly sad. I just heard the news that former country star Mindy McCready finally succeeded in committing suicide, after many failed attempts and a stint or two at a psychiatric facility. Mental health is so much more than just something you can study … Continue reading The Kurt Cobain Syndrome
Do you ever think about why you don’t do the things you love to do as much as you wish to do them? I mean, honestly. When was the last time you actually evaluated your wants instead of always evaluating your needs? (And, by the way, those two things aren’t always mutually exclusive.) We seem … Continue reading Taking a Little Time For Me
What I love most about life are its surprises. I mean, if you had asked me 18 years ago where I’d be and what I’d be doing, I would have told you anything but what has actually transpired. 18 years ago I had just discovered the relatively new internet and had gotten hooked, so hooked … Continue reading Life’s Little (and Pretty Big) Surprises
“You did what?” people often ask me when they found out how we got pregnant. It’s usually such a surprise to them, the believers of old-fashioned is best-fashioned, but we did what we had to do. No, it wasn’t fun to conceive, and all those people who joke about conception have no idea. They say … Continue reading Getting Pregnant is the Fun Part?
You know the old saying, “When it rains, it pours”? Well, that’s not always true, and I’ve found that out so often in my life. Sometimes when it rains it just mists, that light stuff that you don’t even recognize as rain until it has effectively soaked you in an hour’s worth of being outside. … Continue reading When It Rains…
The cool people are all listening to Mumford and Sons, heads bobbing and weaving to their stylish, if misunderstood, rhythms and lyrics. The cool people are all going to see Les Misérables and are finding it a musically profound experience, then going to see it again with a different group of cool friends. The cool … Continue reading Hip to Be Square
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