Today and often my mind goes back to the time I first arrived in Germany. What a beautiful, fairytale-like city. Everything was new and exciting. I was just settling into my new life and meeting new people gradually which is so hard when you don’t speak the language. At the time, we were living in […]
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Soul on the Dole
We have all hit rock bottom at some point in our lives and sometimes we have to take whatever help we can get such as public assistance. I was forced to go on food stamps about 10 years ago, when my son was real small and I was still a single mom. Times were tough […]
The Body is an 8
As I was browsing through the online news today, as if there is any newspapers these days, I noticed an article about Paris Hilton and her new boyfriend going to the beach on yet another Hawaiin holiday – awwww how nice. I noticed quite a few articles here and there since her gay slur. I […]
Mommy Dearest
When did I become such a mom? I guess it was almost 14 years ago when I gave birth. The real question is, when did I become a medicine and crayon carrying, responsible parent? It seems like just yesterday I was 20 and running around footloose and fancy free with no worries other than college […]
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Today is Sunday, a day to relax, recover from last week and to get ready for the next week, whatever it may bring. Normally on Sunday I try to make it to church but often I don’t succeed. My mom, a southern baptist, stays on me about church and she always asks me if we […]
Ode to Peggy
We all have that memory that stays with us forever. Here’s an example. Many moons ago, when I was an 11 year old Girl Scout, I went on one of the frequent camping trip to Camp Wawbansee. Now, camping was not and still isn’t my thing. Being away from our parents for a week or […]
Here Comes the Rain Again
I love lying in bed listening to the rain, especially knowing I don’t have to be anywhere anytime soon. It’s the best feeling in the world, especially when everyone else is asleep. It gives me a chance to get my thoughts together. A shower has the same effect so maybe it’s just the calmness of […]
Death By Chocolate
This post is going to be short and to the point. I picked the title of this post by the manner in which I would like to go out in and I can’t think of a better way to go. Well maybe laying in Ewan McGregor’s fiery embrace, but I’ll take what I can get. […]
Sweet Potato Pie and I Shut My Mouth
Often when you come from the South people just assume you’re not the sharpest knife in the drawer. Well, I’ll be durned, our Southern drawl has gotten a bad rap and people tend to associate it with being stupid. I’m not gonna lie, there are some really stupid people down South but I think that’s […]
Never Ending Story
Why am I so freaking fat? My whole life it seems like I have been on a diet and no matter what I do the weight creeps right back up. It is so frustrating. I have been on every diet known to man. They all work for a short period of time but in the […]
