Life’s Funny Little Refresher Lessons

Life handed me a refresher lesson this morning.  I had just managed to drag myself out of bed and start making coffee and some oatmeal when my doorbell rang.  Something you need to know about me, I’m not a morning person, and I despise unannounced company.  So I do what I normally do when someone…

Why You Gotta Be So Damned Independent?!?

Today’s blog title is something a man I was dating once said to me, out of frustration, during a discussion we were having (translation: very low-key argument).  My response?  I’ll stop being so damned independent when I find a man I can depend on.  Don’t ever ask me a question unless you’re prepared to hear the answer….

It’s SO Not About You, or, Growing (Up)

When you’re young, you think you know it all.  You can outsmart the people who came before you.  You can lie better, cheat better, run faster and jump higher.  Ok, that last part might be true, but you think the people who came before you never thought about the things you think about, or experienced…