Almost from birth we are steadily being shaped and taught how best to navigate and acclimate into polite society. Not just our parents but siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, ministers, teachers and sometimes strangers innocuously influence our dreams and goals. Along the way we all experience growing milestones – The much anticipated and talked about first…
Author: JDS
daughter, sister, friend, wife, mother, grandmother. loves God, proponent of capitalism - small government, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, peace through strength, to be continued...
Covid 19 Forgotten Children
Gaging the extent of ‘social and psychological’ damage to our youth by China’s Coronavirus – Covid19 will take years. The harm inflicted upon millions of otherwise healthy children, by keeping them out of school, will be measured by childhood development professionals. As a grandmother of three young children, I am witnessing first; the backsliding of…
One Year Down – Rest of Life To Go
With my quit smoking first anniversary today, I am wondering how to celebrate. It feels like some rejoicing should take place. It feels wonderful, it feels like I have achieved some phenomenal feat. I am not sure when I have ever felt prouder of myself – if ever. And low and behold it occurs to…
Best Friend Lifelong Choice
Okay, well this will have to be the most fun I have had writing since I do not know when. The topic spans memories of my youth well into my “older” years. There is only one person in my early life that I remember what my first words spoken to her were. She will be…