My little brother has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.  They say he has a 50/50 chance of living two years.  He was the baby in the family, I am the older sister and at times functioned in a motherly fashion to him in our disfunctional family. I can hardly believe this has happened to him and I just…[more]

The invitation to learn about autism, especially aspergers, came some years ago (I've forgotten how many years, maybe 2 or 3) by finding that two, probably three of my grandkids have it. I'm grateful that my daughter referred me to Trusera since this is where I've learned most of what I know about it and a number of other diseases and interesting things…[more]

Having been witness to stalking of a family member, having to watch helplessly while their life was seriously messed with, as well as mine, and the rest of my familys, I just realized that it would be worth evaluating and maybe someone else will be able to use the advise.    It seems you can be too nice to…[more]

We gave Nick a party for family to celebrate his 8th birthday.  The boy loves Transformers and is a whiz at putting them together so I found one on Craigs List that was a 20th anniversary issue and pretty cool.  As I was walking out of Arbys with the transformer in a sack he was talking to me loudly enough to have someone g…[more]

The one thing the world should know about the Autism Spectrum is that anyone could be on it and not even know.  The spectrum is so broad that it covers a wide range of personalities, some you would never guess have autism, and some who are so disabled by it that it would be obvious to anyone who has an idea of what au…[more]

Okay, this is April Fools Day and no jokes so far - I really don't like jokes unless they are very clever.  I went to my favorite beauty college the other day and had my hair dyed.  I asked for light ash blond, but it is a bit reddish and I don't quite like the color.   I told them that honestly, the reason I was dying my hair …[more]

My youngest grandson's birthday is this month and he will be 8 yrs. old.   We are looking forward to another little baby grandchild next October, and hoping this baby will make it - like live - mom's lost five others and with our set of twins we were very sad when they didn't make it.  No more naming them ahea…[more]

We went to the funeral of my daughter-in-laws mother and our granddaughters grandma - very special person, loving and sweet and considerate.  I think she was just tired after a fairly long life of pain and obesity.  She had a large family who loves her and will ever miss her.   it A few years ago we went to the funeral of our son-in-laws…[more]

I just finished writing a story and as I was trying to send it on - lost it!  So frustrating, but since this is to help breast cancer, I'll try doing it again.  As a child of 5, I started kindergarten in Avalon Elementary on Catalina Island - the perfect place to learn to get up in the morning, put on your bathing s…[more]

We didn't even see it till Max came along - he was born into a horrific situation where his father was abusive to his mother and she took Jadey and Max and escaped, with the advise of a counselor, to family in Utah for awhile till a court ordered her back east and there they were stuck for 5 or so years, fighting a child custody battle in t…[more]