My life has rarely been stable geographically. I attended twelve different schools by the time I graduated high school.  I traveled the country, and the world for a couple years before I got married at 22, and we moved fairly often. We changed homes or states numerous times in our nearly 21 years of marriage.   I’m not afraid of new places and new people.  When I was young I made fast friends wherever we were.  I knew if I didn’t make friends right away I may not have any.  It was likely we’d ... VIEW POST

I watched the movie Aeronauts (available on Amazon Prime Video) the other night, If you’ve not seen it and hate a spoiler stop here, otherwise please read on.  The scene that captured me was when the main character (Amelia) had to climb a maze of ropes up to the top of a hot air balloon to open a valve so the balloon could descend from a dangerous position.  It was freezing, it took everything she had to pull herself up, one arm hooked through the rope then another, fingers frozen, reality ... VIEW POST

I’m not sure why, but every one of my kids has an aversion to clowns.  I admit, I have one too. My firstborn thought Santa was a clown.  He wasn’t the typical little guy who would feel comfortable running up to Santa with a hug while chattering on about all he wanted for Christmas.  He would say, Santa Clown as he clung to my leg like a vice. No way was he going near that guy. A clown at a birthday party or a restaurant with balloons tied into various shapes or animals was an aversion for ... VIEW POST