Let me tell you a little bit about Erin Kotecki Vest. She has two great kids and is a fighter. She is a fighter for her kids. She is a fighter for the rights of others. She is a fighter for herself and her husband. Find out why this makes me admire her.

With new legislation in Michigan that allows bullies to justify their bad behavior and blame it on their religion, it is time for parents to step up and parent their children. Parents need to teach their kids that even those who are different are human and have feelings, too.

I set out to make sure my son, Robert, had a better 16th birthday than I did.

Oliver HATES Hidden Valley Ranch. That statement above is not referring to the actual salad dressing. Who in their right mind would be giving salad (or dressing – or both?!) to a Shih-Tzu? Oh no, my beloved furry face hates the Hidden Valley Ranch commercial. He can pick it out of any that play on [...]

One of the shining gems in nearby Flint, MI is the Flint Cultural Center. The cultural center features a Planetarium (Longway), Sloan Museum (which has lots of fun stuff including the annual car show), stages, Youth Theatre, a place for music, and the Flint Institute of Arts. The Museum features awesome visiting galleries, and the [...]

I’ve struggled for many months about this very topic. I don’t want pity. I don’t want loathing. I just want people to understand that I’ve been to hell and back. I’ve survived. I don’t expect people to reply to this with comments. I just ask that you read and listen. My grandmother, sweet Noonie, passed [...]

My days have been absolute chaos. Well, at least for the past two or three weeks. We’re having some minor home renovations, which are being done to the entire house (and are ABSOLUTELY, 100% necessary). For starters, we have new carpet in the bedrooms. We also have new light fixtures (due to two broken ones) [...]

What constitutes abuse? Is it a smack on the face? How about an unpleasant word? Is abuse something deeper or is just something that has to be construed as abuse by the victim of said abuse? I’ve been in therapy since I was five. That’s about the time I realized I was “different” due to [...]

This last few weeks, we’ve had to deal with some excessive cruelty towards our son, CT. Some of the kids in the neighborhood think its fun to try to torture CT. They try to make him perform “tricks” like a circus animal. CT is the type of kid who will do almost anything to make [...]

I can’t stand Obama. I think Joe Biden is a poor excuse for a politician. Plagiarists don’t sit well with writers, even if I’m only writing until I can get through film school. I don’t think Obama can change anything. I don’t think he has the skill to fix jack shit. He can’t fix what [...]