When marriage equality became the law of the land in 2015 in the United States, there was great jubilation. It meant that I could marry my sweetheart, Todd, if I wanted to, and now we’re within reach of the “I do” stage, as I wear an engagement ring on my hand. Unfortunately, while the Supreme…

In order to form a new country in the 1770s, a country free from the tyranny of the king of England, good people were willing to fight for their freedom and to keep that country. When this country was threatened on Dec. 7, 1941, by the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor, we fought back and joined…

The American Red Cross has declared that we are in a blood crisis right now, with more blood going out to helping patients who need it than there is coming in to replenish the supply. While there has always been a need for blood donors, drives to get donations have been hampered over the last…

(Note to readers: I recently found out that the teddy bears I’d hoped to buy were no longer for sale, so I wrote a letter in the hopes of salvaging my dreams of a “fuzzy” wedding, and it honestly states my point of view better than any separate blog post can, so I’m sharing it…

Many of us have a candy or sweet that we enjoy, something that’s considered a treat for achieving something, surviving something or something to munch on to pass the time. I’m particularly fond of M&Ms, clinging onto the slogan that the milk chocolate will melt in your mouth and not in your hand. The little…

Books have always been amazing gateways to new worlds, valuable resources for information and wonderful ways to pass the time without commercial interruptions. They can also, when necessary, serve as a valuable tool to smack ignorant people upside the head, and believe me when I say that they provide a satisfying thump. To further that…

On New Year’s Eve, we lost a television icon as Betty White passed from this world, less than three weeks before she would have celebrated her 100th birthday. People magazine had published a cover photo of White beforehand and proudly proclaimed that the celebration was going to be amazing. Upon hearing of her passing, tons…

At this time of the year, we’re eager to celebrate all that we are thankful for, trimming down the turkey population to prepare for a big feast. However, it’s also the time of year when we hear about those less fortunate, with many of them unable to afford the basic food necessities we all take…

The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the man accused of killing protesters in Kenosha in the wake of Jacob Blake’s fateful police encounter in August 2020, is underway, but it seems the verdict on political correctness has already come down. Judge Bruce Schroeder ruled on Oct. 25 that prosecutors cannot call the people shot by Rittenhouse…

Gabby Petito, a 22-year-old Florida woman who disappeared while traveling across the country with her boyfriend, has dominated the airwaves and internet in recent days as the entire nation has tried to figure out whodunit. Her story has captivated us as we have wrung our hands in pity and thought how horrible a tragedy it…

Have you ever had one of those days when you woke up, took one look at the internet and spent the rest of the day searching for a time-traveling device to rewind the day and unsee the stupidity you saw? It was one of those days for me as I went online in the morning…