“White tunic or black dress pants?” “Drive or fly on vacation?” “Chocolate or vanilla?” “Yes or no?” Some decisions in life are easy to make. Others take some serious consideration. However, every decision comes with consequences and repercussions. When we are young, we seldom think about the consequences of our actions. Common sense is a…
Author: Shell
December Daze
Well, here it is December again. When I was a child I loved December. That month between Thanksgiving and Christmas was filled with joyful expectation, peace, love, giving and sharing. Born in Wisconsin, I was used to the snow and cold and took it in stride. Now, as an adult, I don’t like December as…
Angels Say “You Matter”
Happy Thanksgiving all! It’s early morning on Thanksgiving Day. My husband is sleeping peacefully in bed, but I’m a natural day sleeper. I find it hard to sleep when it’s dark outside. It doesn’t matter. I can work at night when it’s quiet. Tonight I’m doing a bit of the early preparation for our dinner…
November Is Cold In Wisconsin
I blinked and summer is gone. There was no warning, no gradual decline into frigid weather. One week we are averaging 35 degree days and the next week we are reaching subzero wind chills. And November has just begun. Welcome to winter in Wisconsin. Seriously, winter is the longest season in Wisconsin. It can start…
The Old Barn
Dan and I are on the road… It’s a trip I don’t like taking under the best of circumstances. This isn’t the best of circumstances. He wanted a companion while running an errand. I guess, as his wife, that meant me. At first, there’s resentment. I had a list of things I wanted to do…
High Hopes Dashed
It’s crazy how our hopes and ambitions can drive us beyond our abilities. Back in February of this year, I posted about my intentions of becoming a freelance writer. (My Brave New Journey) Having had to quit my job due to health disabilities, financial stress became the order of business daily. There’s little one can…
Scan Then Subscribe
I want to introduce you to a new weekly online newspaper about abuse. I’ve talked about it with the last two posts, but today I can offer links to sample and peruse. When I Became Free Weekly is a newspaper written by survivors for survivors. It isn’t limited to one form of abuse or trauma,…
Support Survivors!
In my last post, I called out to all survivors of domestic abuse to take note of a new project brought to us by When I Became Free. This week it launched and I have more information to offer – and a new plea for all survivors of abuse who would like to use their…
CALLING ALL SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE!
Hey everyone! This isn’t going to be like my normal posts. Instead, I am putting out a plea to all readers who are survivors of domestic abuse. I am looking for survivors who want to help others in their journey to freedom as well as offering help and support to organizations who help them. While…
Self Respect, Dignity and Poverty
There seems to be a lot of people in poverty these days. Paychecks aren’t going as far as they used to even with two adults working in a household. Through no fault of their own, competent, stable people are losing jobs, vehicles, homes — all the security they had known previously. What they had once…