I love this:

"The ties that bind the wealthy and the proud to home may be forged on earth, but those which link the poor man to his humble hearth are of the true metal, and bear the stamp of heaven." - Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop

This is an official post:  Add me to the list of people who miss orange flavored Chap Stick.  I'm sad it was discontinued.  I've been looking for it for years.  The last time I found it was in 1995, at a drug store in McHenry, Maryland.  Hiss-boo ( Read more... )

This is a very apt analogy for living with chronic illness.  I found it relevant and easy to understand.

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LOL

I just wrote a Writer's Block post, saying I'd never written a Writer's Block post.  There is one only a few posts down in my list.  Obviously, writer's block is not my biggest problem.  :o)

p.s.  Am I making up for lack of recent posts by posting more today?  Perhaps...

That depends what problem it is.  Most of my problems are discussed with my husband or my friends.  Strangers come in handy for health problem discussions, hobbies you don't share with the people you love, or problems with your friends and family that can be discussed anonymously.

 Sometimes there's nothing on earth like a good b.m.  I don't want this to seem like a TMI poop post, or a "thank-god-I'm regular" post, because it's not my intention here to describe a particular poop or declare victory over a long bout of constipation - neither applies.

It's just that it seems after you take a really satisfying dump, everything ( Read more... )