Since human beings first evolved, we have learned one universal truth…we ARE stronger together. It’s why we should pay careful attention to anyone who wants to divide us from our spouse, our family, our colleagues, our friends or our community. Even 2000 years ago men were speaking and writing about the importance of staying united […]
Your parents worked from age 18 to 70. They are broke and in a nursing home relying on Medicaid funds. Medicaid is destroying this country you know. Your child is gay and feels shame. Luckily the church might try an intervention. Your dad is a union member who comes home covered in oil and dirt
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We live in a small town. News travels fast. Gossip travels faster. Sometimes it’s hard to the tell the difference between the two. I am grateful I raised my kids in the Ohio heartland with a school that has a graduating class average of 120-130 kids. Everyone pretty much knows everyone. You can’t grocery shop
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Growing up in the 70s it was a big deal when we loaded up the car about once a month and drove south five hours to visit our cousins in Kentucky. It was a world full of love, delicious southern food, loving grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles and never ending adventures. We would usually arrive around
I’ve been off work for six weeks due to having surgery. I return to work in a few days. A friend of mine asked if me if I was ready to return to the office. My quick and instinctive reply was “hell no!” In some ways, my six-week recovery felt like a mental health vacation.
I asked my Caucasian, middle-aged husband why the majority of mass shooters are young, white men. His response; “It’s the damn video game violence.” I asked my African American, female friend why the majority of mass shooters are young, white men. Her response; “It’s the white, hunting culture. You give your boys pellet guns when
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Be grateful for this awful mess Because some messes are the best A stack of blocks, a squeaky toy Be grateful for your little boy A half-dressed doll, a stuffed pink squirrel Be grateful for your little girl A sink full of pots and pans And dirty dishes from our hungry clan Yes, I love
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When I first met the love of my life, he owned a garbage bag full of clothes, a 1976 Ford work van, a pair of work boots, a chainsaw and a very large dog. If anyone has ever watched the movie Drillbit Taylor…well, he was kind of like that only with more skills. If there
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As a social worker we often visit with children living in poverty. Recently I overheard a co-worker say; “I feel so sorry for those poor children. They only had two presents under the Christmas tree and they sleep three to a room.” In my head I was saying to her; “honey you don’t know it
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Dearest Donald. Scratch that. Dear Donald. Scratch that too. Hey Donald! Listen up buddy! It’s the 4th of July and most of middle-class America is drinking a cold one and barbecuing a burger. We will probably shoot a few bottle rockets and whistling bungholes off while crazy Uncle Larry makes his third toast of the
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