By Teresa McIntosh-Hall You think I am a babbling idiot because I post about the importance of getting the COVID vaccination. I think you’re a babbling idiot because you post AGAINST getting the COVID vaccination. So where exactly does that leave us? We eventually have to meet somewhere in the middle…in that difficult and dark […]
I was an awkward girl. Dorky would be a better word. I was told by many that I was “funny” and yet I wasn’t trying to be funny. With sun kissed freckles, crooked teeth, two hearing aids to help me hear, a deaf nasal accent and with legs so long and skinny, I resembled a
While cleaning out her basement, my sister in law found a box that contained letters, homemade cards, report cards and books that belonged to my mother. I was pleasantly surprised when my husband came home carrying her gift to me. I am grateful my sister in law took the time to save the box and
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Most of us accumulate a lot of junk as we age. Boxes of dishes, books, gadgets and clutter sit in piles in our basement and I can’t help but wonder what in the world our children will do with all of our clutter when we leave this earth. What items will they keep to remind
We always think we have more time than we do…that our parents won’t grow old, our children won’t grow up and that tomorrow is a given. Our “life clock” is continuously ticking and as we grow older the tick-tock of the clock grows louder. Age wakes us up to the reality that our time is
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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
