Happy New Year! I think I have been making New Year’s Resolutions for over 30 years. On New Year’s Day, I would write down everything I hoped to do, from finding a guy, to cruising through Europe, to buying a house, to publishing my stories, to losing 100 lbs. At...
While I was happily wasting some time playing Mahjong on the computer an "ad" came up that I couldn’t ignore. The first time it flashed in front of me, I saw the profile of a handsome young man and the words "High Blood Pressure". I made sure to read...
Every time I see a commercial for a new drug, with happy, carefree Americans living their best lives, or even singing in the street, I get ill. Four years ago, my husband and I were caregivers for a man who was taking 10 medications a day. He had damned...
I am a very intellectual person, and finding the motivation to do non-intellectual things is so challenging... well, they just don’t get done. And I’m talking the most basic things. Housecleaning, laundry, exercise to name a few. Back in March, I was struggling with deep depression – that I...
Because I’m not a mother, all of my knowledge about pregnancy and motherhood is hearsay, but the anecdotal evidence I’ve gathered says that both can come with problems and struggles that non-parents can barely imagine. The commonly known problem of throwing up in the morning is not nearly as...
The first story in my book is about abortion, which is a very personal subject for me, even though it is not my story. For nearly 50 years, abortion was legal in America. I remember when Roe v. Wade became law. Not because I understood about laws, but because my...