Books should be subject to some sort of a ratings system ( Read more... )

Thirty years ago this summer I camped out on the floor of my Grandparents' house in Baltimore, Maryland and watched Prince Charles marry Lady Diana Spencer. I was ten years old ( Read more... )

I heard "Born This Way" for the first time the other day and it got stuck in my head, as pop songs are wont to do. So tonight I popped over to YouTube for a listen and watched the video.

o.0

...I need an adult.

My ex-husband, Shawn, bought a motorcycle today. He put Jonathan on the back of it when he came to pick him up earlier this evening. Watching him ride away with my whole world on the back of his bike made me feel sick inside ( Read more... )

Jonathan worries. He comes from a long line of worriers, so I guess that's only fitting. Sometimes he expresses concern about losing me to death. He doesn't think it's imminent, he just knows that it's the natural order of things for a parent to pass away before the child. So he knows that's most likely the way it's going to happen. I hope to ( Read more... )

So frustrated with myself. I hate feeling that I've squandered time and opportunities, and I really, really hate letting people down ( Read more... )

In an effort to get the students at our middle school to get to class on time, the administration has been running a friendly competition between the three grades (sixth, seventh and eighth grade students). Whichever grade has the fewest amount of tardies in a given week gets to select the music that is played over the loudspeaker during the five ( Read more... )

And just like that....I have a new anthem ( Read more... )

At a funeral home just a mile and a half from my home, a visitation is taking place. Gathered inside are many of my former neighbors and probably quite a few of my childhood friends ( Read more... )

Regarding the earlier post about my doctor calling me up and telling me she needed me to come in to discuss test results ( Read more... )