Just Walk Away

Just Walk Away

  Unkindness hurts and does not often fade without shards in the heart. Boundaries are important – critical. We must never allow others to abuse us when we are open and vulnerable. We must not continually walk back into battles that will never go away. We...
Friends in Need, Help! Indeed

Friends in Need, Help! Indeed

It’s a new year’s resolution common among women and men: to lose weight. We are  now in week 4 of the proposition. My husband has lost 8 – 10 pounds, while I have lost and regained the same two in a cycle, not on a cycle, as I should have been. To...
Patients’ Service

Patients’ Service

My husband and I have had reason to seek medical attention lately. While the good news is that we are alive and largely healthy (more about that later), the bad news is that our bodies are wearing out. We are using every inch, sense, and limb in our quest to fulfill...
Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant

Dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant, dead ant

I wish the Pink Panther had come to mind, singing this jokular refrain. I wish his image had helped me laugh at the situation. But it didn’t. There was no joking this injustice away. I’ve long been admonished that life isn’t fair, but I want it to be...