Am I? Those of us who write on Medium hope for it, long for it, are baffled by the confusion and inconsistency of it, but we all WANT IT. I’m talking about having an article we have written, “go viral”. The criteria for being the recipient of such a coveted post are…

I had something better I never had a father. I had a Daddy. There’s a difference, you know. A father plants his seed with his DNA into a woman. She gives birth to a baby. The seed planter is a FATHER. I could go on about what his responsibilities to…

It’s Working for Me This article is in response to Paula Shablo’s “Our Broken Healthcare System Needs an Overhaul”. As soon as I read her description of the atrocities inflicted upon her friend due to the gross inadequacies of the American Healthcare System (“care” being a misnomer, as very little…

Yes, another true tale. Okay, folks. You asked for it, and I am going to deliver it. Because you enjoyed the frog story and the snake story, I promised to tell you the cockroach story. Summer 2016 — It was one year after my husband had died. I was still…

I take no responsibility. It’s purely coincidence that I have been living with my sister and brother-in-law for a year, and in that time, according to today’s vet visit, Winnie, their dog, has gained 6 pounds. I had NOTHING to do with it. NOTHING, I tell you. My sister is…

No One Was More Surprised Than Me Not since Elvis in 1958, when I was 10 years old, had I had a celebrity crush. Not until 2013, when I found the singing competition show, The Voice, and became acquainted with its country music superstar, Blake Shelton. I wasn’t even a…

The answer changed my life. It started as a normal conversation with a friend. We were discussing an elementary school teacher acquaintance who was contemplating enrolling in an online course part-time to earn a Computer Science Degree. “Geesh”, said my friend, “between her current job, home, and family obligations, it’ll…

Did it by myself Since everyone seemed to enjoy reading about the frogs in my toilet misadventure, I figured you would appreciate the snake story. It’s the weather. My late husband and I moved to Florida because of the weather. You can take just so many New England winters of…

There are some of nature’s creatures that I simply unequivocally hate. I find them gross, repulsive, and downright frightening. Frogs hold the #1 position on my list, having pushed even alligators out of the top spot for this Floridian. I am not likely to encounter an alligator in my closet…