A Monster Under The Bed

April 8, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Today is Day 8 of the Health Activists Writers Month Challenge Today’s Challenge: If your health condition (or the health condition of a loved one) was an animal, what would it be? Is it a real animal or make-believe? Ok it was me. I admit it. I suggested this post to HAWMC. Sometime back in […]

You’ve Got Mail

April 6, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Day 6 Health Activists Writers Month Challenge Today’s Challenge – Write a letter an older you (tell us what age you’re writing to!) What do you want to ask yourself? What lesson do you want to make sure you remember? I write as a caregiver – as a parent of 3 kids (2 with type […]

Being An Asshole Is Optional

April 5, 2013.Reading time 20 minutes.

I am interrupting Health Activist Writers Month Challenge to say that some people just don’t understand and some people are just assholes. My daughter was invited to a birthday celebration for a friend that’s turning 13. It will be a great celebration that involves a limo taking the birthday girl, her friends and her family […]

The 5 (oops 13) Things You Should Know

April 2, 2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Today is Day 2 of the Health Activists Writers Month Challenge. Still not signed up – what are you waiting for? There are millions (or 26 according to how many poor souls follow my blog) of readers waiting to hear your story. Start HERE – you are only a day late. Todays Prompt: Introduce your […]

All Nighters – Not What They Used To Be

March 30, 2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

When I was a teen I my friend Rita would spend the night often and we would sit in my basement bedroom singing and dancing to music from Def Leopard, Madonna, Poison, Bon Jovi, and other hits of the 80’s. On one such night we each put cheap sunglasses as we sang along with “Sunglasses […]