He left me, not for another woman, but for another life. I couldn't stop him, it was his choice. I cannot forgive that, it hurts too much. He refused the chemo six months more didn't matter... Read more >>

Not that I didn’t test her, but even Xena, my Dodge Challenger, can’t drive fast enough to outrun some things. Three years ago today, and for the first time in those three years I woke up... Read more >>

I finished my decorating and my house was just the way I wanted it. Everything was beautiful to me. I would walk through the house each day and thank the LORD and my husband and my son for my house. I... Read more >>

I am sitting here looking at a miracle. Fifty years after my mother’s death, her last gift to me has been returned to me. On the night before she died, December 20, 1959, my mother gave me her... Read more >>

Imagine being on your way to a bankruptcy attorney to file two bankruptcy suits, one personal and one with a LLC due to a failed franchise business for women, and getting the most damaging and... Read more >>

Grief is a reaction that helps us cope with loss. When grief is working, different feelings associated with grief guide and motivate changes that help people adjust to the death. Uncomplicated grief... Read more >>

Forest Tale By Ann Lustgarten   As a young mother, I became very friendly with a group of PTA moms. We had very different personalities but worked well with one another and loved each other... Read more >>

I would guess it would be immensely easier than the reality I see. I was asked by someone, “How does it feel to be dead?” I am of course above ground, but having a credit specialist at an... Read more >>

My sister’s husband died almost two weeks ago. He was only fifty-one years old and had a aorta dissection. She thought he was having a heart attack, but it was much worse than that. My own... Read more >>

I thank God always, for everyone that I have come across in my life and loved and who has loved me. As I joined Divine Caroline today (July 7, 2011), I saw my childhood favorite movie, The Wizard... Read more >>