• My Typical Day

    Was today typical? This morning was an ordinary one in my life. I was awakened at the time of 3am to the sounds of my cat gagging as if he was about to throw up so I politely put his ass out of my bedroom. Then I went back to sleep only to be awakened…


  • How would you describe yourself to someone? How would I describe myself to someone? Hmm, let me see. Compassionate, feisty, quirky, well read, a big kid at heart, a lover of children and cats. Me.


  • The Little Things

    What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being? The strategies I use to mainly my health and wellbeing is reading, listening to music, and watching cartoons. All of these strategies bring me immense joy and soothes my soul. Books brings me knowledge. Music feeds my senses. Cartoons make me cackle. During these…


  • Women Who Don’t Know How to Mind Their Own Business

    What bothers you and why? Lately, I’ve been very annoyed by women who refuse to respect the choices of other women. Like mind your own business and worry about yourself ladies. I’ve even seen women online complaining about the dating choice of celebrities. Like if you don’t go sit down somewhere and shut up.


  • A Font of Useless Information

    On what subject(s) are you an authority? The one subject that I can consider myself to be an authority on is history. I can pull out a story about a historical figure in a heartbeat. Like Queen Joanna I of Naples who ran a whorehouse from one of her castles. Or King Henry VIII’s sister…


  • The Day Before the Holiday

    Tomorrow is the 4th of July and as a child, it would mean good times. My multigenerational family would gather together to celebrate and I would play with my cousins and friends until everyone went home. I can still remember the smell of the barbecue grill my Aunt Maggie would set up at 6am. I…


  • Been Cut On My Whole Life

    Have you ever had surgery? What for? I’ve had surgery several times from ages 16 to almost 33. Let’s see: three caesarean sections, two operations on my left leg, and the removal of one of my fallopian tubes. I’ve been cut on so much that when my neurologist suggested surgery for my epileptic condition, I…


  • The Promise

    As previously mentioned, I had an epiphany that I would be 55 years old next year, and just a few minutes ago, I had another one. Neither one of my brothers made it to old age. They were ages 34 and 63 years old when they died, and that’s so sad. If I was to…


  • What notable things happened today? The most notable thing that happened to me today is realizing that I will be 55 years old next year. Whew…..


  • The Big 55

    Earlier this morning, I was in the bathroom doing what humans do, and it occurred to me that I will be 55 years old next year. When I say it felt like I was slapped in the face with a sock full of bricks with that knowledge, it surely did. 55 years on this planet…