Truhal

The last time I spoke to my father I told him to call me if he ever needed anything.  That's before he said that horrible remark about my marriage.Now, I'm glad I told him that.  Whereas we can...

I meant by next of kin right to me is that I'm cutting off all access to me.  That way if I get sick or die, he will not have any rights over me or my body.  It's like divorcing your parent.  As...

I've taken legal steps to remove my father's next of kin right to me.  I contacted a lawyer this morning and the papers are on the way.  I also contacted my cousin and have given him the rights. ...

I've taken legal steps to remove my father's next of kin right to me.  I contacted a lawyer this morning and the papers are on the way.  I also contacted my cousin and have given him the rights. ...

You will be alone within a short time.  It will start with the death of the bird. And so it goes.  The words above were given  to me six months before my husband died.  Back then I had a bird, a...

Yesterday I was able to help someone with my new language skills, and I found, to my surprise that it helped me also.Learning a language consumes time.  It forces you to leave grief behind and...

I turn the heat down to 60 degrees at night.  I shop at discount stores, buy sale items, clip coupons.  I don't shop for clothes.  I don't eat out as often as I used to.  I'm  on a budget.  I'm...

I took a class and got to chat in my new language.  So far I can understand what people are saying but am having difficulties stringing sentences together.  Spanish is so much of an easier language...

I've spent so much time working on my story that I forgot to journal.  So, I'm catching up today.  My subject: redefining happiness. I've had good and bad days recently.  I've had days were I've...

March 31, 2010 was the day my husband died.  I can't believe it's been nearly a year.  I used to say my husband was in heaven while I'm still walking through hell.  It's still true to a certain...

My 83 year old child just had another temper tantrum.

Looks like I'm moving forward.  I'm on a diet that's working, and have decided to consider the possibilities of someone in my future.  That's not to say that I'll marry again; that depends on God....

I'm just back from shopping and realized something:  It's a choice that I've made to remain single.  I don't have to do it. This ephiphany came while shopping, noticing all the couples around...

A few years back I was taking a psychology course when my professor asked a young student if he knew who Cary Grant was.  No, the student exclaimed.  The young man was about 19, far too young to...

They say I'm losing weight.  I say they because I have no idea because this time I did something different: I threw away my scale.  In the past I found myself celebrating my weight loss by...