Is This Happiness???

“The part of my life, this part right here. This is called happiness.” Well it is October 15, 2021 and the weather here is getting colder earlier each day. We are ready for winter, I think. Although I have yet to know how the cold weather will affect my joints, Brett and I have gotten […]

Something Creepy…

35 days as a New Mexican! We have finally gotten a lot of our stuff organized and put in its place. This is the smallest house we have ever lived in so we have learned to pick permanent places for our things, particularly in the kitchen as there are 2 total cabinets in it and […]

The Move….

I will start off with a few relevant facts: Texas has a population of 39.5 million people. We have probably made it to 40 million by now. The population of Fort Worth is 875,000 people. The total population of the state of New Mexico? 2 million people in the entire state. Population of Ruidoso? 7,800 […]

PSA and the burden of pain…

“It’s scary what a smile can hide.” So I watched the Oprah interview with Meghan and Harry and it felt so real and honest. I, like most people, have always been captivated by the Royal Family. I watched their wedding along with all the other royal weddings. To me, it was like a fairy tale […]

My savior, Sheriff Larry Fowler.

They say things happen for a reason. Back in 2010 or 2011 I got a DWI in Parker County, Weatherford. I was arrested by a state trooper and taken to their jail. I woke up in pain, hungover and barely functioning the next day in the intake cell with 15 other people. I had given […]

The Impending Loss and Love of a Mother…

I remember meeting Brett’s parents in the spring of my junior year in high school. They were out of town when Brett and I had our first date during Spring Break 1993. When they got back he introduced them to me and they were so kind. Bob and Ray Anne treated me as though I […]

A Much Needed Time Out…

I am currently sitting in the living room in a house we rented on the beach in Sargent Texas. The house was actually better than the pictures and has the 2 main things I requested: it is on the beach (literally maybe 100 feet from shore) and you can hear the ocean in the house […]

Ugh, figure it out…

I am tired. Tired of the election, the hate, blue states vs red states, no help with Corona, people out of work with no help to keep them afloat, people are hungry in America in 2020, the partisan vitriol is coming from both parties and we are more divided now than ever. Compromise is very […]

It has been a long year…

Everyone knows 2020 has been colossal shit show. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, bam, something else blindsides you. Covid, protests, racial turmoil, crazy weather, people hating others, there has been nothing good to say about this year. I began a new job in January that I was really excited about. I worked […]

Auto Immune Diseases

So I just want to write this column about a subject I wish I didn’t know about but sadly I do, auto immune disease. I had no clue about this subject but life always seems to throw a curveball when you least expect it. I have felt like shit for months and I had no […]