A Collage of Short Stories on Life and Humor.
Clinical Depression is not pretty. It’s a serious medical condition that can affect your peace of mind, disrupt your interpersonal relationships, negatively affect your sexual desire as well as interfere with your overall everyday life. Medical illnesses such as stroke or cancer can bring on clinical depression. […]
My sister, Crys and I, along with her partner Jackie made an impromptu visit to the oldest city in the United States this past weekend, St Augustine, Florida, a city on the Atlantic coast. My sister whose birthday is on the 4th of July suggested we go there. I have […]
Next Tuesday the nation will be celebrating its 241st Birthday. On July 4, 1776, the nation’s founding fathers signed the final draft of the declaration of independence separating the 13 colonies from the British Empire. It wasn’t easy obtaining independence from Britain. It took a “tea party” and […]
Today, my friend Doctor Emily Bruce reminded me, that this week is Breast Cancer Prevention Week. Her reminder brought to mind the many women I have come to know personally and through my practice as a social worker, who have survive breast cancer. I recently had a breast […]
A Tribute To My Father A Three War Veteran
Every year I look forward to Memorial Day. It’s a holiday when our nation celebrates the war dead as well as usher in the beginning of summer. For many Americans, it is a holiday to throw barbecues, go to blockbuster movies, prepare for graduations or hang out at […]
Monday Morning is bright, windy and cold and fall is here to stay. The sun hovers high over Salter’s Point Regional and the cold whistling wind tosses twigs, paper and pine needle shrubs all over the hospital parking lot. Doctor Micheal Louis speeds into the parking lot and […]
Later in the afternoon, around one-thirty, Jamie and Rachel head down to personnel. Neither one speaking to the other as they are too enamored with their own thoughts. Rachel flinches when a man’s voice booms out of a loud speaker overhead. His abrasive tone jerking her back to […]
Doctor James swaggers out of the nursing station and goes to Mosquito Bellamy’s room. Mosquito, perched on a stack of pillows on the bed, is reading a comic book when Doctor James darkens his doorway. He’s a peculiar looking fella, with a shiny bald head and wired frame […]
Its Monday, seven fifteen in the morning and it’s pouring down rain in Atlanta, Georgia. Late for work, I speed into the hospital parking lot and park my Juke Nissan. I glance at my watch. The social work staff meeting is scheduled to begin at seven-thirty and I […]
