I just got through deleting my last article. I had many supportive comments, which I appreciate, but someone HAD to chime in and tell me how to succeed on Medium.

They told me to write “articles with value” instead of writing about Medium.

Excuse me—did you not look at my…

The water line on my refrigerator didn’t work this morning, but I immediately knew why. I could feel the cold blast of air that signaled a stuck flap in the ice chute.

Sure enough, it was stuck halfway open, held by frozen chunks of ice. …

I made the mistake of jumping into an argument on Facebook last week.

It’s kind of a no-brainer that if you run a homeless ministry you should wear a mask and get vaccinated to protect the people you serve from Covid. Or, at the very least, not spread anti-vax misinformation…

“Someone once told me that time was a predator that stalked us all our lives. But I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey and reminds us to cherish every moment because they’ll never come again. What we leave behind is not as…

Human nature is selfish. But I will never understand a person’s need to one-up somebody—in a support group created for that person.

Let me explain.

It’s not about us

A friend of mine was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. She has a long road ahead of her and needs the support of friends.

Someone…

I don’t know how I got a referred member, but I did.

My joy didn’t last long, though. They only stuck around for two months, but it was a sweet almost $5.

Painful loss. I’m afraid it says a lot about who reads on here.

My guess has always been…

I saw the following post on social media this morning, and it made me angry enough that I knew I had to write about it. I also left a comment calling out the poster on his bull.

Did I overreact? What do you think?

I just got a phone call from my mother’s memory care facility.

“I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news. An employee tested positive for COVID so we had to test everyone and your mother came up positive too.”

I’m not proud of myself, but I cursed at the woman on…