How do you come across on social media? The popularity of social media use is overwhelming, partly because one can react behind the anonymity of a screen and keyboard. But your online behavior can still affect you. My fight against scams takes me online a lot. I spend a good number of hours on Facebook,…
Category: health
Loneliness Is A Choice
Are you lonely? Do you recognize if you are lonely or not? So many people are surrounded by company, yet feel very much alone. Yet, loneliness is a choice. Humans need connection. Most of our interactions these days are superficial. They lack substance. If we want to combat loneliness, we need to connect with others…
Peace, Silence and Tranquility
Peace and quiet? What even is that? Do any of us experience that in our lives anymore? We live in a hurry-up, fast-paced world where there’s no room for sitting, relaxing, and enjoying silence. Many people are afraid of silence. They don’t want to be alone with themselves or their thoughts. In the silence, you…
Pages Filled With Emotions
It’s 1985, and I’m in high school. Life is stressful. I spend a lot of my time alone. My home life is isolated. My school hours are spent studying. I keep to myself. I have my notebook and pencil as constant companions, and they are filled with pages of my thoughts and poems expressing my…
What Is The Value Of A Human Life?
Where has the value of a human life gone? Why do we as a society no longer feel the pain of a loss, no matter whose life has been extinguished? Why do some lives have more value than others? I’m not alone in asking these questions. Again this week I have heard of a local…
This Year, 2025, Is Gone (Gratefully?)
Goodbye 2025! This year is another year gone by in the blink of an eye. Where did the time go? Is it just because we are getting older that time seems to fly past, or is it that time itself is speeding up? Usually, at this time of the year I review the year and…
My Heart Exploded Today
Maybe exploded is a bit dramatic, but it should tell you how I actually felt. Today was a day that I needed, and I think one that so many of us need as well. The day started out simple. When I woke, my husband already had breakfast on the table. I enjoyed scrambled eggs with…
Oh SNAP! Now What Do We Do?
If you are like me, you noticed the only thing making headlines this week is the fact that the federal government is not going to pay out for SNAP benefits. Every news station and “influencer” seem to make that the lead story every day. Then, if you follow any of it on social media, there…
By Glitch or By Switch?
I am probably going to step on a few toes with this post, or at the very least be labeled a conspiracy theorist. That’s OK with me if it makes people think. Was the recent outage from Amazon a glitch or a switch? And why did it affect so many? I’m not new to computers…
Rapture Disapointment?
If you were anywhere around social media this last week, you more than likely heard all the reports and rumors that the world was going to end around September 23rd or 24th, and the “rapture” was going to happen. The heavens would raise up and swallow all good believers. Meanwhile, the left behind were doomed…