In memory of Heather Mikayla

I’ve thought about death a lot most of my life, starting with the death of my father when I was five years old. Like everyone else, I’ve wondered what it would be like to be dead. But my granddaughter said it best when her dad asked her what she thought happened to us after we die: “No one can possibly know the answer to that,” she sagely responded. So true, and anything we say about the thereafter is but a guess. more…

I have several friends who have lost family members or friends in tragic accidents, and I’ve noted an amazing thing going on that could not have happened years ago. The bereaved are sharing their grief, the need to stay in contact with the lost loved one through Facebook, or similar sites. more…

I have been ranting for the last several years about the unbearable waste we create from using disposable grocery bags. The problem is the plastic ones aren’t really disposable, and they kill wildlife in the millions every year from sea birds to sea turtles. There is a mass of plastic goo bigger than the state of Texas in the Pacific ocean where the currents come together, creating a whirlpool of this pollution. more…

Some of the problems in the world have been going on for a long time. Many of us are frustrated and fed up by the world’s, especially our country’s, seeming inability to change. But change is the norm. We always have to remember that. Change happens all around us, in every area of our life, and within ourselves. Sometimes though, change needs a hard push. more…