Today is a day of remembrance. In true social media fashion, it’s also a day of forced remembrance. I’d like to suggest that some of what’s showing up and being amplified in our feeds isn’t necessarily the kind of reminder that helps the people for whom nineteen years has not yet been long enough to …
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Last month, a Colorado couple, Joseph and Jossline Roland, died while trying to buy a used car they found through an Internet-based ad. When they arrived to look at the car, the purported seller claimed to have brought the wrong title and asked them to follow to an apartment to get the correct document. At …
What happens after a disaster has swept through an area, the thoughts and prayers have been offered up, and the news crews have packed up and gone? Certainly, it’s not terribly glamorous once the actual event is over. The damage remains, but with a smaller audience and less attention. Everyone who’s left still needs to …
It seems that California is on fire again, along with large portions of the Western United States in general. It’s not the kind of natural disaster we see a whole lot of here where I’m at in the Mid-Atlantic, but some of what you need to keep in mind for wildfire season can be applied …
Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of summer and beginning of school for much of the United States, even though it seems these days that school schedules are all over the place. Still, it’s the classic time of year when we are conditioned to buckle down and get back to work now that everyone’s …
Stress is such a little word for all that it encompasses: the frustration of dealing with certain people, the fear of facing uncertain futures, the anxiety of managing current challenges. It’s not quite the kind of clinical anxiety that takes over your life, but it can still make you want to scream, cry, throw up, …
Financial issues are one of the most anxiety-producing areas we might have to deal with as women on our own. Last we touched on it here, we talked about extending your emergency fund, but I realized that I might have put the cart before the horse a little. Before you can survive on that emergency …
How busy are you this week? Here in the US, summer is officially winding down now that we’re at the beginning of September and have Labor Day around the corner. School has started, or will very soon, and it’s a last mad dash to finish summer projects, start fall activities, and stare down the oncoming …
A common reaction to a woman in physical danger is that she should have a gun. After all, it’s the great equalizer, the tool that allows a smaller, weaker victim fight off a bigger, stronger attacker. It doesn’t require a lot of strength to use, and it’s relatively accessible and not terribly difficult to learn. …
