Typically my family travels together so this has never arisen for us previously. But this summer I learned everything I needed to know about minors traveling as unaccompanied minors. I wanted to share in case it can help anyone else unfamiliar with this term and what it means in the travel context. Here is theContinue reading “On Unaccompanied Minor Travel”
Category Archives: Ideas
On How to Find a Lost Pet
Recently we lost our sweet little kitty Farah, who slipped outside while I was taking the trash out. Here are the steps we took, many shared with us by those who have helped to bring lost pets home over the years.
On Mental Health – Part III
Quite honestly, when I begin writing my Mental Health awareness posts, I knew there would be three and stated this. Parts I and II came easily. But I struggled a bit with Part III. That is why it took me this long to post. I really wanted it to be encouraging not depressing. And finallyContinue reading “On Mental Health – Part III”
On Mental Health Part II: Firearms and Suicide
Warning to readers: This article addresses a very serious and disturbing cultural trend. In our last article, Part I, we addressed mental health generally with encouragement and (hopefully)helpful ideas. Now we will address a specific area of mental health which is suicide prevention. This is a bit of a misnomer and I generally prefer theContinue reading “On Mental Health Part II: Firearms and Suicide”
On the Evils of Guardianship
Here we explore the ills of the practice of professional guardianship in the State of Florida. Take a peek and be horrified.
On the Airport
On flight travel today! ✈️
On Daylight Savings
I know I’m not the only one who takes a while to adjust to daylight savings time every single year. Every year the one hour deficit is brutal. This year I began to think more deeply about this. Everyone complains about the time change. No one can reasonably explain how it came about and whatContinue reading “On Daylight Savings”
On Transparency: The Power of Shared Stories
I feel like everyone is kind of coming out of a period of hibernation as we enter this new year, speaking truths that have laid dormant for quite a while. We endured such a period of censorship that now podcasters and journalists are swinging in the opposite direction, more expressive, controversial and in your faceContinue reading “On Transparency: The Power of Shared Stories”
Revamping the Broken US Education System
Talking with a teacher friend of mine this weekend provided great insight into a clearly broken system. As background, recall that the current US public educational system stems from the efforts of devoted self proclaimed democratists Horace Mann and John Dewey. As Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education, Mann championed the idea of “commonContinue reading “Revamping the Broken US Education System”
Coping with Holiday Grief: Navigating Loss During the Festive Season
Last year I lost my two precious teenage boys to suicide, one in February, the other in December. We just passed Sean’s one year angelversary. Because they both died using firearms, my dear friend began a blog early this year that seeks to bring awareness to the issues of gun violence and suicide, especially whereContinue reading “Coping with Holiday Grief: Navigating Loss During the Festive Season”
Notes From Real Life 