Things I Need To Get Off My Chest
Hookerween = SuccessI have decided that I am now too old to drink margaritas one after the next and feeling your kidneys is not a good thing. Dressing up with your girlfriends and affixing fake lashes a

Man Eater
With the exception of Mr. J I am relatively ambivalent about other men. I see the husbands in the mall that check out girls while their wives are standing beside them; the sideways glance, the quick smile. It makes me a little ill and I immediately feel sorry for the w

Trick or Treat, Sluts
"Halloween has pagan origins."That's how I began my Toastmasters speech when I was a high school senior in 1993. The local chapter didn't expect that I would turn on Halloween when they had me select a little scrap of paper fr

Beatrice, Why Have You Forsaken Me?
I have finally broken up with AARP.The email didn't work, the one in which I said, "Please remove me from your mailing list. I'm 32 and your articles about my my calcium deficiency and the importance of estate planning are really depressing. I

Love Him
I knew that today would be a tough day.Mr. J brought his scientific calculator and I had a Google map. We were quiet as we pulled up to Salina's house, hearts heavy. I walked up the sidewalk to her door and smiled at the cherubs in the little