• Family,  Thoughtful thoughts

    Miracle? Or Miracle!

    My mother has been waiting for a kidney for over three years now; she is on three different lists and has been doing quite well despite her condition. In order to be on a kidney donor list one must be in prime health. This meant losing weight, watching what you eat and moderate exercise. The diet is not only geared towards keeping her weight down, but it is a specific diet geared towards people with kidney disease. Suffice it to say it is one of the most boring diets I’ve ever seen. Most of the things that the rest of us take for granted as edible, my mom can’t even…

  • Politics

    Dear Congresswoman Robin Kelly – Part 3 (Final)

    Since my daughter’s school loans matured I have made it a personal quest to try and address and resolve the issues with this country’s federal school loan program. In an effort to expose the horrible way this is being managed, and the terrible conditions under which our citizens are being placed, I decided as an initial phase of my campaign to write letters to the president and to my local representatives in the federal government. In Addition, so that I can hopefully achieve as much exposure as possible, I am publishing these letters here on my blog. The first communication I sent went to the president, Congresswoman Kelly, Sen. Dick…