Personal

Around 3am on Wednesday morning, I was sitting at my computer working. Some of the neighborhood teenagers were shooting off fireworks (LARGE ones) in the parking lot across the street from me. About twenty minutes later, I heard sirens that sounded like they stopped right at my door. I looked out and saw a fire [...]

Being Wiccan, I have long been a loud proponent of Freedom of Religion. I truly believe with all my soul that each and every one of us has the right to practice (or not) whatever type of religion we choose… free from discrimination and judgment of others. Not once have I wavered in that belief. [...]

On Friday, I received an email from Microsoft… asking me to be a Staff member for TechEd 2008. I am so far beyond excited and humbled by this, I can’t even explain. This is a huge honor. TechEd is one of the largest IT conventions in the World afaik. To even attend it would be [...]

All of us around the world watched the news in horror when Katrina hit the US. Some of us donated blood, or supplies… maybe even some money. A few months later, places like the Red Cross still asked for more. Some of us again did what we could to help, even though we weren’t being [...]

My sweet, beautiful Beka:
You are such an amazing person. You have the biggest heart of any person I have ever known. Your capacity to love others… human or animal… never ceases to amaze me. When so many other young people are looking out for themselves, you are worried about how others are, and trying to [...]

I love to cook. My stepmom began teaching me to cook and bake when I was about ten years old. She cooks “old school”. There usually aren’t recipes… and if there are, they are never followed exactly as written. We cook much of our foods from scratch. For instance… I actually MAKE pasta sauce. I [...]

I received an email from my boss this morning that made me really think. I decided to try and come up with my answers to these very personal questions. I had to dig deep on some of these, and be completely honest with myself. I hope I can do them justice. Even if you don’t [...]

So many of you ask how I manage to do the things I do. I’ve tried to answer it before, but to be completely honest… I just don’t know. I do it all because I have to.
First and foremost, I am a Mom. I have a home to take care of and clean/maintain, laundry [...]

I was sitting at my computer earlier, well after midnight. It was maybe about 2 - 2:30am. All of a sudden, my oldest daughter ran in here crying, saying to call the police. Apparently, our neighbors were fighting again. We live in a townhouse, and only a wall separates part of our unit from theirs. [...]

People tell me all the time that I am strong. I have survived losing my brother to cancer, my own cancer, years of mental and physical abuse from my husband, the nasty divorce, losing my best friend in a car wreck, and much more. Each time, I was able to reach inside and find the [...]