We all have those moments where we have a choice to make, and looking back, you realize how impactful it was on where your life ended up. One of mine was a job I got through the Michigan unemployment office. I had been laid off (because I took off a summer to do the Fischer…
Everyone should have a person in their life who loves them no matter what and is always there for them. For me, that was my Grandma Harris. God I loved her, and I still do to this day. My Grandma Cotter died when I was about 7 or so, and she was very ill before…
Growing up, my step-father always chose my (used) cars. He’d tell me how much, I’d pay, and I’d have a new-to-me car to drive. This was not always a successful endeavor – one car had the engine blow up about a week after I got it. But Charlie went back and got me a different…
It’s true! Okay, maybe just Laverne, because I think this was after Shirley left the show. I “celebrated” turning 30 by having my gallbladder removed, just before my birthday. Because I was fair and fat (although not yet forty, which according to the doctor, is supposed to be the gallbladder stone trifecta), the doctor assumed…
Of all my babiest cats, Esperanza was the babiest. I was living in Silver Lake area of Los Angeles. I came home to discover that me and my roommate had a new kitten – a mostly white calico (just a few spots here and there of gray and tan). He had come home and heard…
The first time I had spinal anesthesia was when my leg was broken. When they administered it, it felt very strange – like a metal ball rolled up and down my back. As I waited for surgery, the nurses would stop by and ask me to wiggle my toes. And I did. Every time. Then…
My first car was an early 1960s, AMC Rambler. God I loved that car. My parents bought it for $100. They bought it because I had a broken leg, and all of our vehicles were manuals, so I couldn’t drive them, and the AMC had an automatic transmission. I was involved in many extracurricular activities.…
