It was 3:30am  on May 19th 1998.  The phone rang at my moms house, she answered "Hello" the voice on the other end said "Are you JD's mom" she said "yes"........and the phone went dead...only a dial tone.  She lay awake knowing, what we would all soon know.

Across town........4:00am           

The phone rang, I answered, my dad said "Put Jamie on the phone"   After listening to Jamie say "ok, ok, ok" the phone was handed back to me.  My dad said through a cracked voice and …

I guess I'm a Libertarian.....

Think about it....whether you claim to be a Democrat or a Republican, I bet your chosen party stands firmly for, and firmly against, some things that are important to you. I know neither one speaks for me. Not even close. I know a lot of people like me, too.

- I am for Gun rights, and believe that the Constitution guarantees my right to own and carry a gun, if I want. Republicans agree, Dems don't.

- I am for Abortion rights. I believe that…

By now, if you've read anything I've  written, you know my blog posts are about "life lessons" and lessons that were learned, and lived personally.

I grew up within a house where there was minimal communication and an alcoholic father... that NEVER drank around his children.  So it was not an abusive situation....just a non communicative one.  So to be who I am today is truly a miracle, by the grace of an amazing mom.

At age 12 my parents got a divorce.  My uncle came to visit…

Look all around...what do you see?

I am a listener....a thinker....a person of wonder

When you watch from across the street do you ever stop and wonder....How'd they get there?

How did that homeless person get to be homelss? Do they have family? Were they ever married....but most importantly what happened to their job to put them in the homeless category?

And the person driving that REALLY nice car....was it inherited money or did they fulfill some lifelong dream…