My brother and I made a pact. We would not go to California unless it was going to produce final results. We would take care of everything ...

I sit now feeling old. I sit with an ice pack on my right ankle, a welt on my left knee, my right wrist is swollen, and my left shoulder ach...

So a big hell yeah goes to Zoot. Miss Zoot has a very enjoyable blog. I don't remember how I found her, but I'm sure it was through...

I have learned a valuable lesson. If you put your only child in a house with four children ages 9 months to 10 years who all attend school a...

The past week has been hell on earth. Momma is in the ICU on a ventilator. The people from her church have let her down. They have been comp...

My mother has had a fever for at least 5 weeks now. Today, on the phone, I actually heard her cough. Then I actually thought to myself, ...

It's 11:15 PM. Lovely and I are still up. She's reading Harry Potter and I'm, well, I'm doing this. Guy was supposed to be h...

The thing that sucks most about having a distorted body image it that when you are thin, you don't appreciate it. One of my personal goa...

Every morning, Guy wakes me up the same way. He pulls my head over onto his chest, starts stroking my hair, and says, "So do you still ...

I've been working in charity for almost 6 years now. The music school that I run is a non-profit organization that gives music lessons ...

Deborah commented to me today that Lovely seemed to be adjusting remarkably well to her new family construction. I agreed and tossed in how ...

Although I would be delighted if a giant cookie rolled out of that truck, it is in fact, something much much better. Thanks to some really s...

Update below. There is not an accurate way to describe dealing with Guy’s ex-wife. This is supposed to be a journal, and thereby assumed to ...

Belk is a very Southern department store. In Mississippi , I would equate it to McRae's. You go there to register for your china, cryst...

My best friend has started a blog. It looks sharp, sounds intelligent, and has little details like a blog roll and such. I am mightily impre...

Lately, I find myself angry and often I don't know why. Friends tell me not to worry about it, that I have a right to be angry. I love t...

I guess identity is who we see ourselves as. It seems that I define my own identity in my career. If asked the question, "Who are you?...

From as far back as I can remember, my mother tried to teach me that it didn't matter what you looked like or what you wore. As noble as...

On Friday, I will resign. For 6 years, I have been the Executive Director of a non-profit music school whose mission is to provide music les...

My mother's mother was called Honey. She moved to Jackson around the time I was born so that my mother could take care of her. From the...