This past Monday was “R” Day at West Point. Also known as reception day, the new cadets are “welcomed” into West Point for their four year journey… Read more “R Day”

When I first started this blog back in January, it was so far outside of my comfort zone to share what I wrote. The first time I… Read more “Outside of my Comfort Zone”

When I was a little girl I wanted to one of Charlie’s Angels. I looked up to those women who could kick ass and take names. When… Read more “Concealed Carry Permit”

In our lives, we all run across people who wish to compete against those they call friends. I have had many of those friends in my life.… Read more “Competitve Friends”

Erma Bombeck once said, “Life is like a roll of toilet paper…the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.” How right she was. But… Read more “Toilet Paper”

A wise person once said, “Holding onto a resentment is like swallowing poison and hoping the other person will die.” I can’t hold onto resentments anymore. They… Read more “If Only…”

Just so you know, all of the stuff about “it’s not whether you win or lose ~ it’s how you play the game” is all a bunch… Read more “Uh Yeah, Winning DOES Matter”

Claire had a wisdom tooth out today. Her 12-year-old molar was impacted because of the pressure of the newly forming wisdom tooth. Hence, the orthodontist and oral… Read more “And So It Begins…”

I was driving the other day, listening to an 80’s radio station, when the song “People Are People” Depeche Mode song came on. If you were a… Read more “"People are People"”

Yesterday was Father’s Day, and it got me thinking about my own father ~ the good, the bad, and the downright strange. This could be a wide-ranging… Read more “Trauma at the Dinner Table”