I recently read another blog article about whether a Memoir is truth or fiction. Since I just finished my Memoir this made me think about my book. While in the beginning stages of writing my book I often wondered how clearly I could remember exactly what had taken place so many years ago. While some memories are more etched with vivid images and recollections of specific conversations, others are more blurred. But the truth of the matter is that the most important aspect of my book, the fact that I totally and accurately remember my feelings during the period of time that I write about, and that my...

Sorry my blog post is not a “Poor Joe Stack” story. I understand being depressed, and this economy is no fun time for anyone, and had Joe Stack posted his letter and then flew into a field and killed himself I’d have been more apt to feel for him and care about his plight. But I will never understand how someone can justify being depressed and down and out and since nothing seems like it will get better they decide to kill themselves and take as many people as they can with them. What did the innocent people in that building do to Joe Stack? This is just my opinion. I’ve...

My youngest daughter has always been somewhat of an introvert in a primarily extrovert family. Most of her childhood I’ve spent trying to get her to join the crowd or become involved in a sport or take dance or order her own food at a restaurant. It’s been difficult since she was a baby getting her to enjoy her day at daycare or preschool and now school. She is now 8 and what started out to seem normal for a young child to be a bit clingy or have a degree of separation anxiety has now turned into more of an issue that actually seems to affect her happiness. While she is generally a very...