Memorial Day

  Free speech and our legal entitlement to memorialize our thoughts, opinions and our own history as people are fundamental rights guaranteed to United State citizens.   I have recently learned however, even these can be open to interpretation and litigation, and unless you go out of your way with malicious intent, you have a…

Everyone is pretty much the same…

I blog, I tweet, I stumble, I Pin and I Facebook.  I spend hours 'connecting' with the world through my computer.  Friends from yesteryear as well as new ones, the internet has given people an international audience to promote causes, share lives, seek new friendships and reconnect with old ones.  The things I write about have…

Help! The country has lost its way and who cares? We have a government that spends and spends with no regard to balancing the budget or lowering taxes. We now learn the IRS which is persecuting and singling out conservative groups is using taxpayer money for parties, conferences and 'swag bags'. If I ran my…

Good vs Evil

Every day we have a choice to make; do something positive in the world or do something bad.  Everyone of us has the opportunity to spark change, make a difference and to bring goodness into this world.  Our actions however insignificant they may seem, are part of a master tapestry where each thread is an…

God Bless America!

I believe in God and I believe I have a right to say that. I am a citizen of the United States of America and I am proud to be an American. This country has been built on the diversity of its people and the hard work of generations. What distinguishes us from others is…

I Love a Parade….

I attended the Naples, Florida Christmas Parade this past Tuesday.  The Gulf Coast Sharks, the high school band my daughter marches with was there as well as bands from some of the other high schools in Naples.  The parade was magical.  It was an hour and half of Christmas cheer.  There were Santa's, snowmen, living…

9/11

We all know where we were and what we were doing.  The images are permanently etched in our minds.  We have emotions that are painful and deep. We can't look back without asking the question, 'why?'  We have moved on, but we never will forget.  September 11, 2012, eleven years later.

The ‘Devolution’ of the United States

The role of parents to teach, guide and nurture their children is an ongoing process and never a perfect art.  There is no book of instructions that comes with a newborn baby so we are left to our own devices to raise our children.   The way we were brought up is the basis for what we do with our own children. …

Independence Day

We live in a country that gives us wonderful things.  Freedom, a voice and choices.  Although we all come from different parts of the world, as a nation true Americans are proud of our history and traditions.  Today July 4th is our nations birthday and while we all go to the beach, attend bar b cues…

Osama Bin Laden is dead!

Osama Bin Laden is dead and the United States can celebrate his passing.  Not that as a people we relish the death of someone, but because of the terror and angst Bin Laden has inflicted upon this country.  Everyone's lives have been affected by this terrorist, whether  or not you lived in New York, D.C. or Pennsylvania…