When I was 10, I had no friends because kids could tell I was gay, so every night I would listen to Britney Spears. She made me feel so big. Even though, deep down, I still felt so…small. When I was 13 years old, I won a contest to meet her. I remember walking in […]
Sweaty, baby strapped to my back, three year old insisting that her belly hurts and NEEDS her donut that she forgot to eat after lunch, 6 year old using everything in sight as a weapon, 7 year old wanting to spend the only dollar he has. This. This was my trip to the grocery today. […]
A 19-year-old Walmart worker in Princeton, Texas found himself in a surprising moment when a customer in his checkout line didn’t have enough money to pay for her things. The woman was upset and panicking. But the young cashier, John Lopez Jr., didn’t think twice—he pulled out his own wallet and paid the rest of […]
American interviews people protesting for the ‘No Kings Protest’ in her small town – Not a single person actually knows what they’re protesting – They say somebody else gave them the signs – They all seem clueless to why they’re even there This clearly looks like $200 a day
Every year, I have a Northern Mockingbird make her nest on my front porch on one of my many plant racks. Last year, she made her nest on my tall baker’s rack. One of her babies fell thru the wire rack and landed in my staghorn fern cedar box. I carefully returned him to the […]
“Today, we dropped our son off at the train station to head back to college for the spring semester of his first year.” “When I got home, the house felt so quiet. I missed his talking, his guitar playing, and the sound of his video games. The house felt empty without him.” “Then, I started […]
S17 E17 Kody acting like a child…
A man climbs a poll and waves the Hamas flag during the NYC “No Kings rally.” These people want you to think that they’re “fighting for democracy” while cheering on terrorists.
On Saturday, two young men, aged about 12ish came into Bluebirds (our tearooms) and asked for a table for two. They ordered an iced latte and a green tea, and asked what I would recommend on the menu. After they had eaten their meal, I was chatting to them, and they told me that they […]
Tonight, we went out to eat at Cracker Barrel. As we were almost finished, we noticed an elderly woman sitting all alone, drinking a milk and waiting for her meal. A million thoughts went through my mind. She looked so very lonely…Is she widowed? Where is her family? Why is she at a restaurant at […]