We have never decorated for Christmas this early. Before Thanksgiving – yes, but not ever this far before the last Thursday of November. Last Thursday, I really cleaned the house. I scrubbed and dusted. I swept and mopped. I did laundry and I cleaned out the cabinet under the kitchen sink. Let me assure you […]

I know I am telling my age here, but . . . I grew up under Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” Campaign. It was the First Lady’s aim to teach school age children to say “no” to drugs. At times I felt that it was my parents’ mantra as well. No matter what I asked, […]

When we first married, he never did this and I was so impressed. After all, he had been raised with 2 brothers and no sisters. Later in our marriage, it only happened occasionally. It was usually when he was distracted by stress or just simply busy. Recently however, I have come to accept that he […]