What a twelve-year-old learns to survive sometimes becomes the skill she uses decades later at a poker table. Lying didn’t come naturally to me. I was twelve when I realized, quite suddenly, that I wouldn’t survive my family’s chaos if I didn’t learn how. I stood in front of the assistant principal, heat climbing up…
A bowl of homemade soup could create a few minutes of comfort in this difficult winter of 2025-2026.
A few weeks ago, I visited Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona memorial. I wasn’t sure what to expect. My father was in the Navy during WWII at Normandy and later in the Pacific. I wanted to honor his service and the legacy of my parents’ generation who sacrificed and died to preserve our democracy. I…
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3 responses to “Less Talk More Action”
I think I lost hope when 20 elementary school children were killed and the best that the GOP could come up with were thoughts and prayers. We just keep pushing harder don’t we?
Outrageous that Congress is owned by the NRA, no excuses! 😦
Agreed!