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Guest Blogger: Jan Sherman An Excerpt from Jan’s book Organized Mess. About thirty years ago I had arthroscopic knee surgery.  My knee was painful, and I had no choice but to go through with the planned surgery.  My Mom prayed with me just before I went into surgery, and when

Why haven’t I been actively blogging the last few months? I could go with the I-have-a-full-time-job excuse or I could say I haven’t had a crazy life experience to share worth writing about. While those excuses may be true, they aren’t the real reason behind my lack of blogs. The

There is nothing more stressful then unspoken pressure from a perfect stranger. Take for instance, going to your bank ATM. I feel there is an unstated rule that if you are in line, you remain a respectable distance from the person conducting their transaction in front of you. If you

I knew I was going to win before we started. At least you’d get that impression if you saw the home video of my brother and I, at a young age, playing the board game Chutes and Ladders. The premise of the game is, ladders go up and chutes go

I learned to swim at a young age and was raised with a healthy respect for the pool as well as never to pee in it. I was terrified the first time I decided to jump off the diving board. I inched toward the edge of the board, testing the

It was supposed to be a normal day at the dentist but they gave me a new hygienist. Calming my heightened stress levels over this change in routine was the first step. I can’t recall her name, so I’ll call her Gladys. She came to get me from the waiting

All I could think was “Really? Who would want that as a gift?” I can’t help it but that was my internal reaction when my friend’s daughter showed me what she bought her boyfriend for his birthday. I stopped for a moment asking myself why she was so excited about

Guest Blogger Cleopatra I’m 15, my dog and my grandma are my best friends; even though there are some other people who are also my really good friends. My two siblings and I are homeschooled and it is AMAZING! We get the opportunity to travel, and learn , which is

Recently a friend told me toilet seat covers don’t prevent the spread of germs. Apparently they are relatively absorbent, making them permeable – and most viruses and bacteria are so small they have no trouble at all getting through the “protective” barrier of a toilet seat cover. As a person with