• Small Words and Hurt Feelings: Guest Blog by Samantha Mooney

    Small Words and Hurt Feelings: Guest Blog by Samantha Mooney

    Why must I choose my words carefully?  Why can’t I say, “no, I don’t want to do that!”? Because those very few small words may hurt someone’s feelings.  How can one person be held accountable for another person’s feelings?  As I get older, and somewhat wiser, I’ve learned that I can change the way that… Read more

  • Saturday’s Deep Thoughts

    After I posted the blog about my perpetual happiness a lot of my friends commented that they had never seen me cry. Not just new friends either. Friends who have known me for ten plus years. I know that I have cried buckets over the last ten years, but crying, like everything else is an out… Read more

  • Mom Beyond the Grave

    I logged on to my Google account the other day. I was looking to edit some of the personal information, or at least update it. Ok, I’m not going to lie, I was looking to see if there was an occupation listing or a title to put under my name. I was thinking something along… Read more

  • Teenager for a Day

    I finally saw a glimpse of what it was like to have a teenager for a day. Mel, my 15 year old son, had to wake up to go to the class that was deemed necessary after his little run in with the law . He had stayed up too late and he was tired. Hell,… Read more

  • My Perpetual Happiness

    My friend Crystal, who I may have mentioned yesterday, but have definitely mentioned before, is always questioning my perpetual happiness. She’s always trying to “figure” me out, because she doesn’t understand how my life “could be such shit at times” and still I find the energy to be happy. She says she remembers my world… Read more

  • a little goes a long way

    I’ve come to the realization that the saying that “most people do not want you to be happy,” is true. I’ve learned over the last few months who really cares and who really gives a flying fuck about what I want to do. Before I go into this, I want to clarify that I am… Read more