Category Archives: Emotional Health

I’m Inconvenient. Are You?

Al Gore’s film about climate change, “An Inconvenient Truth”, made a big splash and was aptly name. But increasingly human beings are considered inconvenient because of two bullies: greed and speed.  There are days when I feel like a character in The Matrix. Others would be pleased if they could just strap me to aContinue reading “I’m Inconvenient. Are You?”

Some Women Have Fat

I started to write “Some Women are Fat” but that’s not the main issue. More men are becoming weight conscious, but for women fat phobia is a way of life. “This Is Us” has won an Emmy in part for including the lifetime pain of a large woman in its story line. More prevalent areContinue reading “Some Women Have Fat”

The Unwanted Mother

Right now I have an 89-year-old friend who moved away from her lifetime residence and cadre of friends to a retirement home closer to her daughter. Her daughter wanted this move because it would save her expensive flights to visit her mother. Although they were not especially close, my friend wanted to be nearer toContinue reading “The Unwanted Mother”

Which One Is You?

WHICH ONE IS YOU? “Two A’s are good, the small boy cried, His voice was filled with glee. His father very bluntly asked, “Why didn’t you get three?”   “Mom, I’ve got the dishes done.” The girl called from the door. Her mother very calmly said, “And did you sweep the floor?”   “I’ve mowedContinue reading “Which One Is You?”

At Home with Women’s History

Inventions are just another way people are creative.  Women excel in creativity, and have focused it on whatever arena they have found themselves in. We don’t know the names of Native American women who developed any of the pre-Columbian treasures that were found when Europeans arrived here. We know that the idea of democracy fromContinue reading “At Home with Women’s History”