Tag Archives: depression
FMM 5 12 2023 Words of Discomfort
“Loneliness and the feeling of being unwanted is the most terrible poverty.” ~ Mother Teresa. When you grow up in a large family, you never seem to have any time to yourself. Certainly, you wouldn’t have your own bedroom, and there would always be a sibling or two, cousins, friends, to make any event a […]
FMM 1 7 2022 Let’s talk about…
“The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.” ~ Maximilien Robespierre. I must have been in my forties when I learned something about my family I had never known before. I learned it around the same time as the rest of my siblings, although I […]
FMM 11 16 18 In my right mind
“I follow three rules: Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.” ~ Lou Holtz. I have a famous uncle. Well, he was my father’s uncle, which makes him my great-uncle. And he was not really famous. But he used to correspond with the great psychologist, psychiatrist and […]
FMM 8 15 14 ‘Someone to watch over me’
“Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.” ~ H.L. Mencken Last year I finally bought myself a Prius. I knew I would be driving a lot this year (already gone over 10,000 miles) so I was motivated to conserve. I chose a color that makes me smile. They call it […]