There are all kinds of Mothers in this world and I think that I have seen or known just about every kind. My mother was very uncaring and selfish and became much worse after my Daddy died. I always knew that she loved my brother more than she did me, then she proved it after my Daddy died. She had me take everything that belonged to him out of her mobile home the day after the funeral. She said that she didn't want anything around to remind her of him. Then she took a trip to New Mexico, spent his whole $10,000 life insurance policy, met a 23 year old soldier on the bus coming back to NC and spent the weekend with him. When I wouldn't let her move in with us, she married a drunk 15 years younger than she was. He beat her and I called him and threatened him, she got on the phone and told me that if I ever came back to NC, she would have the sheriff waiting for me. Needless to say, I never...  Read More

Most people think that the symptoms of a heart attack is 'Chest Pain', 'Pain Down the Arm', 'Shortness of Breath', and 'Nausea'. This is usually true when a man is having a heart attack, but heart attacks in women are more subtle and so many women (and doctors) don't realize when they are having a heart attack.

Symptoms are very different in women. Women may not even realize that they are having a heart attack when they have "atypical" symptoms, such as arm or back pain or nausea. The most common symptoms of heart attack in women is unexplained fatigue, shortness of breath, pressure in the lower chest, weakness and unusual fatigue. Other symptoms can be nausea, dizziness, lower chest discomfort, back pain and upper abdominal pressure. Another symptom that so many women (and men) ignore is 'just not feeling right'. Too many women ignore that last one and too many men just...  Read More

When my Daddy was young he was always going hunting, mainly to help feed his family and my husband was also a hunter for the same reason. I had never been hunting and my Daddy and my husband talked me into going one day, this was many years ago before my Daddy died in 1975. So, here I go in my jeans and sweater carrying a 22 rifle. I really don't know what I thought that I was doing because old soft hearted me would never have been able to shoot an animal. But, we were having fun tromping through the woods in North Carolina where my Daddy lived after he retired. I was having fun just looking at all the beautiful plants that were still living in the woods and even pointed my gun at a rabbit once while saying 'there goes one.' Then, all of a sudden I was in extreme pain, looked down and I was standing on a yellow jacket nest and they were going up my pants leg. I screamed...  Read More