With all that’s happening in this country there is a temptation to lash out. It wouldn’t be hard to find objects of my wrath; they are all over the news. If I didn’t love them, I could vent my anger and tell them they are all going to hell, but that would hurt me more …
It was shortly after New Years (2020), our economy was booming, and the year ahead looked good. We heard a new strain of the flu was spreading across China, but that always seems to happen to them. The Chinese suppressed the media and said they had it under control. Things didn’t go as planned and …
My eye Doctor called me at home on Monday, instead of our scheduled office visit. They hadn’t fully opened after the pandemic and were only seeing urgent patients. It was supposed to be a routine follow-up and I am sure he didn’t expect any problems. When I told him I was seeing what looked like …
I read the response from a dear friend’s daughter to the killing of a black man by a white Policeman with disappointment. She said she wished someone hadn’t led her to believe this (US) was such a great country. She said in many ways it is worse than the third world country she came from. …
I remember dreading getting shots as a kid. There was something wrong about someone sticking a needle in me and telling me to be brave. Sometimes they would say it won’t hurt, but it always did. As I got older I wanted to act like a big boy in front of the nurse and that …
