I Appreciate The Therapy

I slapped a big fake smile on my face when my daughter asked me the question that ripped at my heart.  I tried to hide the pain and pretend that my answer was a no-brainer when in fact I felt as if I'd been stomach...

When Larry died I thought that I would too.  But before he died he said that I could only be sad for five minutes and then I had to promise to always feel happy when I think of him and how much he loved me.  He was my big...

When opportunity comes knocking in the form of a brilliant idea or new invention it's pretty hard to open the door to it if you're poor.  That's why poor people who 'make it' also make the news -- there's just not that...

I've never been known for learning life's lessons the easy way and learning how to date again back in 1975, when I was 23, was no exception.  I married my preacher's son when I was 17 (almost 18 and he was 22).  Five years later he...

I walk alone for miles and miles

My empty vase upon my head

Because I thirst I journey to the well

Where there I fill my vase and sip water from the cup of my hands

I fill the cups of all who ask along my way back home

And...

Tonight she was down --- she wasn't feeling good and though it's been a while since she came to Momma with a tummy ache it felt just like yesterday.  My little girl was weary of fighting all of her battles on her own...

I'm pasting a new label on my jelly jar.
I'm going to call it 'Happy'.
I'm re-naming my bread as well.
I'll call that 'Life'.
I'm going to spread a little happy on my slice of life every morning and gulp it down -- with milk.

My ex, Kass, had a stroke in 2006 that left him handicapped.  So, when I started taking care of him three years ago I had the tub in my bathroom torn out (it was about to fall out anyway -- yes, I'm trailer trash) and I had a...

It was the summer of 2005 when I did what I NEVER thought that I would do.  I was raised never to do it and it was vigorously stressed to me by my mother throughout my entire childhood that it was wrong, and nasty, and that she...

This is my sweet Momma. She is about to turn 84 and her back is acting ugly and won't let her stand up straight. Will anyone who watches this video please join me for just a minute sending out thoughts into all creation that her...

Becky (my daughter) is having a hard time dealing with the scars from her wreck when she went through the windshield of her car on Sept. 17, 2010.  Please send out your prayers for her that she will find peace and happiness...

Life goes on as to a song...
One foot leads the other
A steady beat to move your feet
One day after another
It's a slow and rythmic dance you do
You can do it in your sleep
It's just so there....
Just like air
A simple pace to keep
Then...

This is what I believe.  I believe that whatever you believe will come to pass.  If you believe that you are a victim, you will attract those who will victimize you.  If you believe that you are loved and wanted, you will...

For a little more than six years I worked offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, out of too many ports to recall, between Aransas Pass, TX and Venice, LA. Like most of the crossroads that I've come to in my life, I made a sharp turn away...

When I crawled out of bed that morning I'd noticed that I had much fewer aches and pains  than had been the case lately.  I was thinking about what a nice morning it was shaping up to be.  Lucky and Champ, my sleeping chamber...

Back in 1977 I was deep-down-can't-live-without-him in love with Bill.  He was a divorced thirty year old metalurgist and I was a divorced twenty-five year old legal secretary.  My neighbor across the hall at my...