Gifts from a Grifter - Gambling with the wrong gal

Her name is finally irrelevant to me.

For many years I battled the pain of betrayal at the hands of a friend. She was a grifter but she left me with gifts that will assist me for the rest… Read full post »

 Gifts from a Grifter

Her name is finally irrelevant to me.

For many years I battled the pain of betrayal at the hands of a friend. She was a grifter but she left me with gifts that will assist me for the rest of my life.

She was a… Read full post »

Merry Christmas..you have Bell’s Palsy.. so does your roommate

That is the last thing my 29 year old son wanted to hear last Christmas day……but it happened.

He woke up early, not as 25 years ago when he and his brother bolted out of bed by 5:30 am, yelled, whooped and… Read full post »

Upon trying to escape a snow-filled and icy winter deep in the mountains of southwest Colorado I decided to spend some time with my parents who live in California.  I have visited them before on numerous occasions, but never for more than a few days at a time.  The prospect of/… Read full post »

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After receiving a frantic phone call from a long-time friend I raced to the hospital to be of support while he lay in the emergency room waiting to find out what exactly was causing the excruciating pain on the right side of his upper abdomen.

Hours drifted by… Read full post »