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Gratitude this holiday season
I like how the start of the Christmas/Chanukah/Kwanzaa/Winter Solstice/Shop Till You Drop season begins with Thanksgiving. Yes, I’m aware of the damage done to our Native Americans and all the horrors our European forefathers brought to this nation including, but not limited to, smallpox, slavery, and partially hydrogenated oils. However. I choose (and it is a conscious [...]

For mature audiences only
The following are public service announcements meant to help and inform. Take what you need and disregard the rest. Venting helps prevent thoughts from turning into tumors. Handle it. –If you cannot respond to someone’s hurt or heartbreak with compassion or an ounce of warmth, don’t respond at all. Seriously. Go in peace, but umm…yeah…go. –Metropolitan Ministries [...]

Trapped in his own body for 23 years and misdiagnosed as “vegetative,” does this change your min
After a horrific car accident twenty-three years ago, Rom Houben was believed to be in a coma. Doctors said he was in a vegetative state and, as a result, couldn’t understand or communicate with those around him. Almost three years ago, with the help of a super-duper scanner, neurologist Steven Laureys discovered that Houben’s brain functioned [...]

He comes by it honestly.
Saturday morning, my parents came over for breakfast before taking our nine and a half year-old sons to the USF Bulls game and a sleepover. In exchange for giving us twenty-four child-free hours so we could nap and surf the Internet, Husband thought the least we could do was fix them some toast and orange [...]

Quote for the week
“The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life.”