The earliest years of my childhood were some of the best from my point of view. Things were happening that I was too young to know or understand so I lived in blissful ignorance, playing and exploring and feeling cherished by my extended family as the only child, only grandchild and only great-grandchild. Although I was spanked and hated it, I took ( Read more... )

If I'd known this back when I had children in an abusive marriage I'd have left sooner ( Read more... )

Us old folks may remember the general store from our childhoods. No they were not what you now call convenience stores. They were usually larger and situated in small towns surrounded by miles of farmland. So far away from cities they had to have a bit of everything. They had old wooden floors that creaked a bit and they smelled divine, like the ( Read more... )

I ran across this article at the NY Times about the role hormones play in brain development during the middle childhood years. I actually enjoyed this period of childhood the most when my kids were growing up and now my grandsons are going through it. Suddenly you can have the most interesting conversations, with much more depth than ever before.

I admittedly have a weird mind. I like to consider science fictional issues in the light of our current reality or as compared to my life. Lately I've been pondering Stargate's fictional species known as "Goa'uld" (along with their estranged branch, the "Tok'ra ( Read more... )

Some of the other things I've remembered involved my mom's notion that my near fainting spells at school were epilepsy (I remember her throwing around the terms grand mal and petite mal). I was taken to the university hospital in Iowa City for a battery of tests. I should look into getting those records too ( Read more... )

This was written for a documentary on Munchausen's by proxy abuse. I will be continuing it from the point I left off.

When I was little I remember thinking I was lucky to have a mommie who knew just what to do when I was sick. She always had the right medicine or took me to the doctor and it made me feel secure.
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