After viewing AtHomePilgrim's post with the sad but beautiful icy pictures, I just had to add my two cents worth of snowy pictures taken yesterday, February 1, 2011. No matter what, even at fifty one years old, there is still the childlike excitement and fascination with the snow white cover in… Read full post »

You should have seen my son, David,  last Saturday, September 5. He was so excited and so happy to have his freedom back, and we, his parents, were as excited for him as we were for ourselves. On that Saturday, September 5, David got his driving license back and purchased a… Read full post »

 I'm discovering for myself that " facing my fear" really is a powerful tool for overcoming that fear.

I'm referring to Alex, the young 22 year old friend/neighbor who is dying of esophagus cancer and will be dead any day now. (For those of you who are new to my blog, I've writt… Read full post »

For those of you who viewed the Steven Colbert show the other night...the one that took place in Iraq for our American soldiers...you might enjoy reading this post. (For those of you who didn't see it, check out ronp01's post. He's got the link to the show. http://open.salon.com/blog/ronp01/2009/06/0… Read full post »

Instead of being concerned about my style of writing or if what I have to say is post worthy, I'm just going to write as though this is an entry to my journal. Style, formatting, and eloquence doesn't seem to have a place here when I'm talking about my son's addiction.… Read full post »

I've been wanting to write about homeschooling, but have been holding back for some reason. After reading about the eleven year old boy who hanged himself, I decided now was the time to write.

I started homeschooling my oldest back in 1988 when it wasn't the popular thing to do. Michael… Read full post »