Fragile
oth me and my mom right now. I want to thank you all for your thoughts, prayers and good wishes for my mother. I flew back to LA last weekend not knowing what I would find when I got there. Upon arriving in the ICU, I discovered that Mom was doing OK. She hadn’t been [...]
My Mom
y mom is critically ill in the intensive care unit. She was discharged last week from the hospital after being treated for hip pain and then developing atrial flutter. After discharge, she must have developed a urinary tract infection that quickly spread in her debilitated state to her blood. She was re-hospitalized on Tuesday with [...]
Definition of Pathetic
Pathetic: Struggling first thing in the morning to secure the hook closure on your skirt around your fat gut, only to have it break around midday when you drew in a breath to laugh. And continuing to be stuck in said skirt feeling almost bisected during a hot, crowded plane ride. Then eating dinner and [...]
The Rape Trap
don’t even know where to begin with this one. Any thoughts? From today’s Inquirer: ‘Rape trap’ for women ignites controversy in South Africa By Robyn Dixon Los Angeles Times JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – A medieval device built on hatred of men? Or a cheap, easy-to-use invention that could free millions of South African women from [...]
November 21st
ovember 21st. That’s the day I have to be in Cape Town for my donor egg cycle. Why is this the first you are hearing of this latest development? Because I have had such bad luck in this area that superstition got the best of me. I think I was afraid to jinx it. Or [...]
Retail Therapy
onight I want to talk about something completely frivolous: retail therapy. I had some more major husband drama ensue during my business trip to Charleston last week. (Yeah, what else is new? My husband and drama go together like R. Kelly and an underaged girl.) It threatened to ruin the entire trip for me, until [...]
Definition of Stupid
t’s funny. I like to think of myself as being a pretty smart person. Heck, I’ve been described by some friends as being “scary smart.” Yet I cannot get over my incredible stupidity during the past week or so. It wasn’t just minor stupidity. It was flagrant, glaring, in-your-face bold stupidity. Stupid, stupid, stupid. So [...]
Katrina
’ve wanted to write something cogent to express all that I feel about the tragedy in New Orleans, but so many bloggers have written much more eloquently than I can hope to at this point. My thoughts are such a muddle. There is such anguish and outrage within me. My mind cannot comprehend how this [...]