The following was written by my friend, Joli Crow. (It's shared with her permission.) And it speaks volumes as to the body-shaming and judging and the ridiculous lack of manners that seems to be rampant any more. I read this this morning on her Facebook status and the more I read, the more my heart…
Kroger Plus Card Swipes for Starry Night Prom
Are you one of those people who truly LOVES inspirational stories and programs and organizations that want to help all of the people with all of the things but you just don't want to buy anymore cookie dough or wrapping paper or write anymore checks?! Yeah. I'm one of those, too. So how can you…
Gearing Up for Starry Night Prom 2017
See these bright smiles and happy faces in this photograph? They belong to some of the participants in the Starry Night Prom 2016. Starry Night Prom is a registered Non-Profit 501 (C) (3) organization that annually holds an all expense paid prom for Arlington ISD High School students with significant disabilities. Starry Night Prom is…
Don’t Touch Me (Breaking Silence)
I have a good friend in Canada who is seemingly my younger twin. She's also got 5 kids and loves to write...although, Nuala Reilly is published and I'm still aspiring to be. We both blog and we are both passionate about fighting back against this "rape culture" for the betterment of our daughters and sons. I've…
Overbooking and Aging
I'm not really old. But I'm no Spring chicken, either. And for those of us who have been in the "over achiever" category all our lives, this whole aging thing is just ass-kicking. No, not a little tiring. I mean, beat-down with a baseball bat, friggin' leaving you taking 3-hour naps in the middle of…
My Body is a Traitor
Rotator cuff is screaming at me and has been since January that it is being overused. I tried taking it to the doctor and all she prescribed was NSAIDs and ordered an x-ray which didn't show any bone issues. I took it back in April and said, "Hey, this thing is worse." She sent me…
Fifty
He turned 50 yesterday. He was working out of town and didn't get home until really late. The children were all asleep as they had final exams today and needed the rest. I sat with him for a little while, fighting to keep my eyelids open. Five o'clock in the morning comes so fast. I…
The Beauty in Asking for Help
We got off to a late start again this year. Several of us had medical issues that affected our family lives that sort of forced us to put Starry Night Prom fundraising on the back burner. But it's become known to us as "the little Prom that could" and it can. I started promoting our…
Oh, I Like This
I just tried this Chobani Coffee Blended Greek Yogurt. I licked the plastic container clean and I don't care who knows it. And I'll do it again. That is all.
More Starry Night Prom 2015 Photos
In my previous blog post about the Starry Night Prom 2016 , I published before I could locate my cd with photos from last year's prom that weren't just snapped with my very lousy camera phone. So I thought I would post a few photos of some of our awesome participants at the Starry Night…
The Deep Down 