I am 65 and have been gay all my life. When I was very young I was quickly aware that most people did not like gay people. I was a quiet child; fearful that if I said what I was feeling I would be reprimanded, laughed at, or beat up. I was one of…

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Did you ever have one of those years? Not one of those days, or even one of those weeks, but one of those years! In 2012, I laughed — a lot. Don’t get me wrong, there were often tears combined in that laughter and sometimes it was hard to tell if I was laughing…

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They say you draw strength from God when you are down and out, and every fiber of our being is drawn to God when things go wrong. After having gone through a divorce and 4 years of torturous self- indulgent destruction, I finally succumbed to God and through his grace I have gained strength…

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In the late 1990s, I was laid off as a Medi-Cal Eligibility Worker in Orange County when the County went bankrupt. Riverside County hired me for a short period until Orange County got back on their feet and called me back to work. A large nursing home chain in California offered me a position… Read more »

You have to live each day because you don not know if that will be your last. My thirty three year old son went to the hospital because he was fainting and he came out with a virus that effected his heart. He got a pacemaker in February 2011 and passed away on June… Read more »

Did you know that even when things happen to us that stress us out we can change our thinking and all of a sudden what seemed like the end of the world can turn into something positive? Several months ago I was driving to San Diego on the I 15 Freeway, I was in… Read more »

In today’s world of balancing so many things we seem to never have time to pick up the phone, call a friend or write a letter or even a card and yet these little things can really touch a life and make a difference. My name is Robbie Motter and I live in Menifee,… Read more »

Even in the midst of horrible breast cancer, I came across as selfish, self-centered and arrogant. I have a great sense of humor — I’m a former stand up comic who now writes screenplays — but I seemed more like a coward when it cames to the down and dirty of living an authentic… Read more »

Here’s a short story of a strong woman I have in my life.That has had a ruff life growing up that no one would of ever though that she did,Her dad that was a alcoholic.That took alot of there income to worry about his bad habit instead of his family.She went threw alot of… Read more »

Balloon Rally Do you remember when you were a child and held on to a helium balloon? Have you ever had the experience of the balloon getting away and flying way up into a blue sky? For me I had those childhood experiences many times and even wondered how I would get my balloons…
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To hear a woman’s voice in these times is a must,we must be heard and be counted for our feelings and so many topics that concern women of today will affect how far we prosper in the future,so always be counted and be heard ,because we have a voice!When we take a stand in… Read more »

Some measure success by your education,income,occupation. Not me I feel I am victorious in life,because my life has been a unpredictable journey thus far.To truly be victorious in life you must endure being uncomfortable to a certain degree.I have tread through some incidents that still have me wondering how in the heck did i… Read more »

Monday morning 1:15 a.m. I wept uncontrollably in the shower asking God for strength to endure my menstrual cycle this week. I can’t sleep for anxiety of having an accident in the bed. Underneath me is a thick blanket just in case I sleep longer than an hour. If I don’t wake to change… Read more »

I was told at the age of 11 that I would die by the time I was 30 by my dr, I was diagnosis with Juvenile Type 1 diabetes very fragile. I had lost almost 100 Lbs weighed only 70 Lbs. Was in Marshfields Childrens Hospital for 3 months. I left home at 16,… Read more »

It wasn’t comfortable to embrace uncertainty. About ten years ago I visited New York for the first time. Someone about the city with it’s values of ambition, creativity and drive just resonated with me on a cellular level. I was living in my hometown of San Diego at the time and knew it was…
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It was snowing the day my father died. It was February, cold and brutal as the snow fell in large, heavy clumps that quickly covered the streets and lawns around us. By the time the storm ended, two days later, there would be more than thirty inches of snow on the ground. My mother,… Read more »

I found my voice at 4:33 pm on September 10, 2001 when the phone ran. Sobbing, gasping for air was the voice of Justin, a college freshman. Heavy like rocks, my soul was yanked to the ground, crashing like the Twin Towers would the next day. My safe and naive world disappeared and the…
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Being a single parent of a son with medical issues with no support from his father or government assistance has been very hard for me over the last 16 years. However on January 31st I graduated from college at age 40 years old after a 21 year journey in an effort to obtain a…
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