This rabid need to destroy Confederate monuments is dishonoring to the slaves who gained their freedom after the Civil War. Those monuments have stood as a reminder that hate didn’t win – until now. In a bizarre turn of events destroying “hate monuments” is only bringing hate and violence on a scale not seen since… Read More Skewed View of Historical Monuments
Sandwiched between two special needs kids you’d expect Dalton to have middle child syndrome. But that would be too normal for Dalton. Like a determined salmon making his way upstream, Dalton makes his own way. From the moment he could speak all he ever wanted to be was an actor. He was always putting on… Read More Dalton Graves – Remember the Name
Charlie Gard is a ten-month-old British boy who is essentially being held captive by a British hospital and the head scratching English healthcare laws. Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed her confidence in the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London which refuses to relinquish the dying child to his parents so they may seek other… Read More Charlie Gard Deserves A Chance
The living room of our house was there for show not use. My family stayed in the den so everything in the living room was off limits to me. The roll top piano to the Bible on the coffee table, they were all hands off. For a precocious five-year-old that was an engraved invitation. When… Read More Do Not Touch That Bible
You know those ads on Facebook? Well, I finally ordered something from one. Different Not Less was advertising magnetic shoe closures. The goal is to give disabled kids more freedom. The claim is that children with fine motor difficulties who can’t tie their shoes will be able to put their shoes on independently with these… Read More Magnetic Shoe Closure Review
I have wonderful memories of my Papaw McLaughlin, even though he died when I was about four. My grandparents lived in a huge farmhouse in High Bridge, KY. He nursed any injured animal back to health. Whether it was a squirrel who later bit him for his efforts, or an unwanted dog abandoned by cruel… Read More The Shaping of a Life
Big day for The Joan Zone! We held our first live video promotion and gave away tickets to the Spirit Song Festival at Kings Island. Many thanks to The Joan Zone followers! First Live Video and Giveaway
The vision was as clear as it was murky. The image was of DJ walking to the front of the church toward the pulpit. I could make out nothing more than the church had two aisles leading to a step up to the platform where the podium stood. That made sense because it was the… Read More The Vision of God
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“13 Reasons Why.” The Selena Gomez – produced Netflix show that remade the YA fiction novel by the same name. The topic? Teenage Suicide. The “13 Reasons” refer to the 13 cassette tapes the victim, Hannah, left behind, explaining why each of the 13 people on the tapes were to blame…
I have always had a myriad of health issues. Within hours of my birth doctors discovered I had elliptocytosis, a blood disorder in which my red blood cells are half moon shaped rather than oval. Since the condition is rare and the majority of sufferers have no symptoms little is known about it. There is more information… Read More Physical vs Emotional Pain
