And just like that I realized he was crazy, and although at that young age I didn't have words for what he was now I would label him alcoholic, mentally ill and violently tempered, unstable. So, because of him, this man I called father, I grew up in a house without any joy,...

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        And Lessons Learned from Spaceman Spiff With two ADHD/ADD children and one (fortunately only one) ADD husband, someone at my house is usually looking for something, forgotten something or is running late.  Then, on a different day and under different circumstances suddenly they’re right on, making sense of chaos, the...

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By Johannes Hevelius (28 January 1611 – 28 January 1687)  [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons For a creative person I’m very bad at identifying constellations in the night sky.  Most of them look like the Big Dipper to me and then, when I realize it’s not, then it must be, hmm,  let’s see… long...

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One of my favorite pictures of my youngest on a playful trip to theArnold Arboretum in Boston with the beloved "Ginger" our Peurto Rican Basset Hound One of my favorite pictures of my youngest on a playful trip to theArnold Arboretum in Boston with the beloved "Ginger" our Peurto Rican Basset Hound ...

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