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I am finally the proud owner (again) of a motorhome! I have no idea how most of it works, but that’s a problem for another time. A guy...

The moment I met her, I knew that she was going to do remarkable things. A sense of destiny exuded from her young self like a shining...

We have three bird feeders on the deck. All day long, cardinals, finches, the occasional woodpecker, and various other winged creatures I...

Fresh off the heels of our gym fight and expulsion from said gym, I bring to you another story that makes me consider writing a novel or...

...by an old man at the gym. I'm not really sure why I am a shit storm magnet, but regrettably, I unintentionally drug my husband into...

I was going to leave it alone, but reading posts regarding the Native American/MAGA Catholic school boys debacle has made me so...

1) Concept: What happens when three people use the same Amazon Prime account? I made a list for John on Amazon so that he would have some...

On Tues, Dec 18, my family gathered at my mom’s house to have Christmas dinner and then to say a final goodbye to my father as Dec. 18...

All of you NFL fans know what it feels like at the beginning of the season. It's a new year, your team looks bright and shiny, and your...

My dear, sweet, beautiful friend, Stacy Shannon Downing, passed away in April of 1980. I loved Stacy fiercely- she was the best part of...

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid...

My Toyota Corolla, unfortunately, was partially flooded during the recent hurricane known as Florence. One of my mom’s neighbors, whom we...

Is it by the number of friends he had during his life? If that’s the case, my father was extraordinarily rich. He had friendships with...

John and I are busting our asses to get my father into an assisted care facility for respite, meaning 30 days or less of care, and then...

John and I traveled to Charleston last week and on the way, we stopped for lunch. On John’s last bite of his sandwich, he pulled out more...

So, it’s been 3 ½ weeks since our motorhome caught fire and we still had no information as of this morning. John has been investigated...

On our trip to Nebraska last month, we stopped in Asheville, NC so I could grab some dinner at one of my favorite spots, Rosetta’s...

John and I recently took my mom to Nebraska to see my niece, my mom’s granddaughter, Erin, get married. We then headed up to Hot Springs,...

While we wait, still, to have an adjuster look at our RV (yes, we are still squatting in my parent’s guest house, which is a bitch since...

John drove back to the motorhome this morning to meet the tow truck, but the motorhome was nowhere to be found. At first, we thought...