It’s A Tangled Mess! — A story here brought back the anxiety I felt when I was paying Mom’s caregivers for the time I couldn’t be there. She wasn’t eligible for any assistance that I could find here, and it was depleting her money. It’s a terrible feeling to pray that she would die before…

Beach Music — Thanks, Ravyne. This is a prompt I can definitely relate to. You see, I live in North Carolina. My home is less than a two-hour drive from the beach. And I grew up with something called “beach music”. Until I was 20, I thought everyone in America knew what that…

We can’t help our son, so we chose to help our grandson. — I sit here reflecting on my stepson’s life. He was such a loving child at five years old. Fast forward to age 12. He had started hanging out with kids who were bad influences. Then his mother died suddenly. From there it spiraled downward at heart-stopping speed. We allowed him…

The Godmother of Cocaine — The neighborhood was rough. She didn’t like going home. Her mother was usually drunk and the beatings were getting worse. Her mother’s boyfriends were just as bad. She spent as much time as possible playing in the neighborhood, but she got hungry and had no money to buy food. That’s…

Crow’s Feet Writing Prompt #24 — Thanks for the prompt, I’ve thought about this but never put it in writing. The thing that surprised me most about aging is that I didn’t know I was aging until someone told me. I remember when a friend said we were the senior group at our church. I was…

BJ’s This or That New Year’s Challenge — Thanks, Brett Jenae Tomlin Brett Jenae Tomlin for this challenge. I have read some interesting answers. This or That? Resolutions or No Resolutions? Only 3 this year. That’s a milestone for me since I want to do a thousand things, it seems, and there just isn’t time enough. Mountains or Ocean? The ocean…