How Did This Happen so Soon? — Yesterday, I watched my little girl toddling around the garden, giggling at flowers. Today, I am buying her bras! I don't remember puberty hitting so early when I was growing up. So when did nine-year-olds start to develop grown-up bodies? A Taboo Subject: Pre-pubescence is a tricky subject to tackle. It's even harder…

Those Day’s When Life Gets in The Way You would think that with all the madness and news worth things going on in the world, I would be writing like a madwoman. Yeah, if only it were that simple. The bigger picture often overlooks the hectic madness of everyday life…

The Loss of Humanity At the beginning of this war, we heard about the child soldiers and how they had no idea why they were in Ukraine or were told it was an exercise. The deceit of the monster we know as Putin and his regime know no bounds. I…

What Should we do? I live in England, and they have now approved vaccines for children. So, I have gotten a text saying that my nine-year-old daughter can come and receive her vaccination. But, this is not a straightforward decision for us. Let me start by saying that all the…

And Why Does It Annoy Me So Much? What does 'Spill the beans' mean? It tells someone else the deep dark juicy secrets that should never see the light of day. For generations in America, it has been used from airing dirty laundry to the deepest darkest secrets. Where did the saying come from? This is still a bit of a mystery. There are…

By a Cop This was many years ago when I still lived in America. It happened in Morganton, North Carolina, and I was barely twenty years old. I had just finished work and was driving home. I worked at Race Track's gas station, and I saw all the local cops…

Childhood Memories and Memorabilia Petey: He is so fragile now that playing with him would cause him to fall apart. Petey was a hand me down from an older cousin and given to me when I was three years old. He was smooth and didn't have fur but had a…

The Reality of Always Hurting I saw a joke on Tik Tok last year about an equestrian being asked how much pain they were in by the Doctor. Their response was, “Just the normal amount.” The punch line was the usual amount is zero. But, how many of us live…