by debidrecksler | Jul 20, 2011 | Life
Many years ago,( before the internet ) I read something in a women’s magazine that made me wonder if my marriage was going to last. It had to do with the frequency of sex in young married couples and included the results of a survey.With a toddler glued to my...
by debidrecksler | Jul 17, 2011 | Life
This past week a young boy was brutally murdered in a close knit community in New York. People across the world read the news with shock and disbelief. Sadly enough the tragedy will soon be a faded memory as another tragic story takes its place. It is all so...
by debidrecksler | Jul 13, 2011 | Human Interest
There was a story in the news about a six year old girl retiring from the pageant circuit. Her Mother, also her manager, has much bigger show business plans for her young daughter. The reaction from the public is disgust with this Mother for what she is putting her...
by debidrecksler | Jul 12, 2011 | Life
It is HOT outside but I refuse to complain because I haven’t forgotten how FREEZING cold I was all winter long. Today the temperature is inching over 90 which is considered quite warm for the mountains of Western North Carolina. My very long hair is pulled up...
by debidrecksler | Jul 5, 2011 | Life
I have been battling bouts of vertigo for the past several years. They come on without much warning and literally turn my world upside down. It is hard to function when the room is spinning around. I can’t lie down because it makes me feel worse. I have to try...
by debidrecksler | Jul 2, 2011 | Life
As my readers will remember, I recently had my defective shower replaced…a week long job that I would like to erase from my memory. During that week, I had many workers walking into my bedroom to get to the bathroom. I had moved any furniture in their path and...
by debidrecksler | Jul 1, 2011 | Human Interest
I’ve been reading a lot of blogs written by women, who as they hit middle age and older, become dissatisfied with their physical appearance. What they see when they look in the mirror is not what others are seeing…it is their critical perception of the...
by debidrecksler | Jun 28, 2011 | Life
Whom do you live to please? First reaction may be, “No-one but myself!” I think society has programmed us to think that this is the correct answer to give. I believe that we have become a very me, me, me society. There is this sense of entitlement that...
by debidrecksler | Jun 26, 2011 | Human Interest
I would like to remove all labels that human beings feel a need to put on each other. Let me share some examples: “Are you a liberal or conservative?” “Are you worth knowing or not worth knowing?” “Are you successful or a failure?”...
by debidrecksler | Jun 25, 2011 | Human Interest
A few weeks ago, a story of a Mother who injected her 8 year old daughter with Botox made international news. The woman and her daughter appeared on national television to share their story. The story turned out to be a hoax. The woman even used a phony name. The Sun...
