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life choices

I am too proud to beg!

May 7, 2020June 23, 2012 by Shay

The decision to write a personal blog and share details of your personal life is an incredibly vulnerable experience and while it can bring many rewards it can also bring much criticism. In the past year, the criticism that I have heard from readers at times has left me incredibly raw and on the brink …

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Categories Blogging, Random babble, Shit Happens Tags BlogHer 12, life choices, Milo the rapper 1 Comment

Our choices and the deck we play

May 23, 2017April 12, 2012 by Shay

When we enter this world, no matter who we are or where we are born, we are dealt a deck of cards; that deck of cards we are receive at birth often will determine the life we lead years later. Granted there are always the outliers who break the mold but by and large the …

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Categories Current Events Tags Ann Romney, George Zimmerman, Hilary Rosen, life choices, Trayvon Martin 1 Comment

Really we do have choices

May 23, 2017December 8, 2008 by shay subscriber

This is one of those vents that generally just resides in my head, but for some reason I just need to let it out. Maybe its the new gig or the fact that my family of origin is tweaking or I am perimenopausal but I need to publicly vent. How come folks act like shit …

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Categories Money, Random babble Tags life choices 6 Comments




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