Writer's Block

Written soon after he died nearly five years ago...shared now because we miss him... And with a final wag, we bid goodbye to our precious...

Ethan with Jazzy and Jujubee (2019) Hold my paw. I don’t know if I can. Why not? I don’t feel brave enough.   You’re braver than you think. ...

I love words.  I love the way they fall together to create sentences, forming stories or poems or songs. I love to hear the jingle of...

My heart hurts. It hurts with a pain that only a mother can feel when her heart breaks for her children. I write this in the moment to rel...

In memory of those who died in the name of Freedom of Expression:

The hardest part of loving pets into old age is having to say goodbye.  Rest in peace, our sweet bunny Tony (L). Click here to r...

I found this in my drafts and thought I'd publish it. It was written right after the boy committed suicide in January. ===============...

"Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold." We used to sing that when I was a little girl in the B...

The thing about freedom of speech is that it has to go both ways. You cannot tell one side to agree...or shut-up. Sort of goes contrary to t...

So I started on this subject a few weeks ago in this  post . Friendship has always lent itself to some pretty deep pondering...about o...

There's a famous expression that goes something like this: You can't "have one's cake and eat it, too."  Accordi...

Today, we lost another furry friend: Edward's first guinea pig Molly passed away. It was a hard loss -- as they all are -- but especiall...

I have a headache the size of Montana, and my youngest is practicing to be the next drummer for Led Zeppelin and/or an organist for a horror...

"Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That's why it is called the 'present.'"   ~Eleano...

There are some things in life that I wish I could spare my kids from experiencing. One of the biggest is loneliness. Everyone feels it at ...

I lost my last grandparent in May. My grandmother, Janice S. Bartels, passed away on May 19th, just a little under a month from her 90th bi...

I've come to the conclusion after spending the past 3+ years on Facebook that to some "friends" I am a nobody...or at least no...

My dear Japanese "sister," Haruko, and her family (parents and siblings, young nephews) live here. Pray for them! She would never ...

For the people of Japan... We sang this in church today, and I know that despite all that's happening, God loves these people and is w...

A dear sweet friend lost her father on Wednesday. He was a papa...a grandpapa and a husband...an uncle, a father-in-law, a brother, a son,...