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My Voluntary Commitment to a Mental Institution: Pt. 2
This is the second part of my story of voluntary commitment to a mental institution. My 3 day stay during the summer of '12 was a life changing experience.
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Making Peace With Life Choices
When faced with concerns about former life choices, we often are wracked with guilt or regret. This Hub attempts to alleviate such feelings with hope and self-reflection.
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My Voluntary Commitment to a Mental Institution: Pt. 1
This is the first part of a short series about my recent struggle with mental illness. As I now consider the situation that led to this 'nervous breakdown', my consciousness has taken on a new dimension I never knew existed.
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Scammers and Sidetracks: How to Avoid a Modern Day Telephone Con
This Hub describes my recent experience with scammers. They were not successful in their attempt to get money from me, but came quite close.
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Surgical Complications: When Medical Procedures Go Awry: Pt. 3
This is the third and final installment of my experiences both before, during, and after my stay at West Hills Hospital.
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Surgical Complications: How Medical Procedures Go Awry: Pt. 2
And so, I was lifted aboard a tiny aircraft bound for Reno, NV during the "...storm of the year...", claimed our local newspaper, The Inyo Register. We folk in Mono and Inyo Counties are greatly disturbed by claims like this since any 'storm of the...
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Surgical Complications in a Total Hip Replacement Operation: How Medical Procedures Go Awry: Pt. 1
This is the first installment of my experience of having my second hip replaced. Unfortunately, this surgery was 'eventful', difficult, and involved questions of life and death.
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Surviving Total Hip Replacement Surgery: When the Other Hip Needs Attention.
Experience when it comes to Total Hip Replacement surgery can be both a blessing and a curse. After endless procrastination, I face this conundrum today. I hope this article inspires you to overcome whatever misgivings you may have.
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Ahh, the Benefits of Hot Weather and Babes
I'd say they are at least warm... Believe it or not, feeling warm-or ridiculously hot, perhaps?- can be beneficial to your health as well as your brain. Let me point out some of the positives as you complain and complain...and complain. First of...
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Crossing the Tracks: One Drug Addict's Dark Journey in to Hell
How some of us survive our choices in life has always baffled me. As a child of the 70's, I have always been somewhat of a rebel, and by the time I was grown, many of the causes that inspired passion in me had begun to dwindle. At the time, using...
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The Anatomy of an Alcoholic Relapse
My heart is heavy now as I tell the story of my decision to drink again. As I look back at this 'choice,' I am more and more convinced that the situation essentially demanded it, though I take full responsibility for my actions. In A.A., it is...
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The Value of Active Interaction Within the HubPages Community
Can a Hub stand alone? Is simple text sufficient to draw readers and hold their attention? While I do not suggest a comic book approach to writing here on HubPages, I am convinced that the value of a Hub can be enriched to a great degree by the...
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A Grandmother's Guide to Pregnancy: Some Tips on Coping for Any New Grandma
Courtesy: kingsplacevents.co.uk Twenty-two years ago, I became a mother. It was a wonderfully magical time, and my memories are strewn about on my walls and tabletops. I gave birth to one son by cesarean section and never did it again. Aaron was...
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Pet Euthanasia-How to Come to an Impossible Decision
Why, and certainly when, do we as human beings choose to put our pets 'to sleep?' There are many individual instances and situations one must keep in mind when considering such a decision. There has been much discussion in the media regarding "death...
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How to Get Out of a Bad Marriage: A Locomotive Lullaby
She slid into the marriage craving the satin of his touch, the smooth and sensual cadence of his voice. It seemed a dream at the time, he so striking a man, she, so unsure. They began their dance without thought to the glaring differences between...
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For the Love of "Birthday": The Final Days of a Dog
Birthday was born 15 years ago on my husband's birthday, thus his name.We also have "Friday," but that's another story.* My son was 7 years old when we adopted this cuddly and exuberant border collie mix and they fell in love instantly. A boy and...
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The Death of a Legend: A Tale of Two Dogs
You would have never expected such an unlikely pair. One black dachshund, one orange chow mix. Pals since I can remember. The first time I saw this duo, I was driving through the local Indian reservation on my way to a drugstore. They were...
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The Cigarette Diaries III: The Lure of Addiction
To some, this may be a presumptuous move, but I would like to dedicate this piece to a woman who has written her heart out and in turn, touched mine. Her name is Anne Lamott, and her books, "Bird by Bird," "Operating Instructions," and others have...
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Stolen Valor: How does it Affect Our Society?
Lone Pine, California, is not known as a hotbed of military and political intrigue. Rarely in the news, this small oasis in the Owens Valley enjoys the relative anonymity shared with its Eastern California neighbors along the state's Highway 395. ...
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The Cigarette Diaries II
The Bishop city noon siren just blared, meaning it's been 5 waking hours since I last smoked a cigarette. I'll not count sleep since that seems like cheating. HELL YEAH! Pardon my outburst, but I am mighty proud of myself and don't care if it...
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The Cigarette Diaries I: How to Quit Smoking
This is the first of three installments chronicling my struggle with cigarette smoking.
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The Year of Treading Lightly: Crying Through a Questionable Year
By God, I cannot sanction the world within helpless and horrible it writhes begging for benevolent release. Cruel with scathing appraisal untold sorrows and anticipations ache, disharmonious and leashed in clever attendance discordant...
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Raping paradise: California's water and aqueduct wars in the Owens Valley
I live in the small town of Bishop, California, which sits in Inyo County-gracefully nestled in the Owens Valley. The Valley hugs the Eastern border of California for approximately 75 miles, running South to North. This photo provides a common sight...
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On Becoming an "Elder" After the Death of One's Parents
I am not privy to the demographic data for HubPages in general, but with so many users, I imagine it is fairly representative of the U.S. So I begin this narrative with the younger people in mind. Most of you are fortunate enough to have living...
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My Dearest Mama: A Posthumous Love Letter
I know, I know-It's been far too long since I've written, but you undoubtedly remember how lax I can be at penning my thoughts. Oh, Mama, I'm sorry, but since your death in '88, it's been terribly hard communicating with you on paper. Or...
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Quitting Cigarettes Once Again: Smoking and Stopping after Years of Addiction
Before I begin this diatribe, I wish to apologize to my readers. This is a tale of a cigarette smoker who is aware of the redundant nature of such a story-who expects reader disgust and the rolling of eyes. Actually, it's me I am aware of the...
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An Unlikely Romance: An Older Woman's Story of Love With a Younger Man
On the occasion of his 40th birthday, I thought it was high time I introduced my readers to Anthony, my best half. While his beard shows signs of gray and the hair on his head has seen more luxurious days, his countenance is one of perfection to...
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And Now We are Four...More or Less: When Adult Children Move Back Home
Back in May of 2008, my husband, Anthony, and I proudly sent our 20 year old son, Aaron, off to Universal Technical Institute to pursue his automotive passion. It was difficult at first, for he is our only child, but within only a few months, we...
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Suicidal Soldiers: The Armed Forces' Stigmatization of the Mentally Ill
In the wake of the tragedy at Fort Hood, it seems necessary to address the issue of mental health or ill health in the military. Back in July of this year, I read a brief editorial in USA Today that stunned me regarding the rates of both suicide...
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One Perfectionist's Revenge
I was born into perfection, it seemed. All around me were perfect people with perfect public personas. Picture the year 1956 in burgeoning Westside Los Angeles, then a place of hope and sensibility. All was quite orderly back then in Los Angeles,...
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My Not-So Glass Menagerie: My Animal Family
Animals have been a part of my life as far back as I remember. While my parents and I lived in an apartment in Los Angeles which allowed no pets, my father's sister, who lived only a block away, bred bouncy Pugs and owned cages of colorful...
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Emma's Awakening: An Alcoholic's Tale
This is a true tale of the lure and dangers of alcohol addiction
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Total Hip Replacement Surgery: A Survivor's Guide
This piece conveys the angst and curiosity faced by a woman beset with unusual physical pain. She learns later that she needs total hip replacement surgery.
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The Descent of a Lady
I was born in 1950's Los Angeles, California, where everything seemed oh, so, perfect. As I aged, I grew used to the unique palm tree-lined streets around our home once I was allowed to visit childhood friends. The neighborhood we lived in was what...
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H1N1 Comes Calling
Hard working rural folk populate my small town here in California's Eastern Sierra; seldom do they whine over the aches and pains that accompany life lived on the countless farms and ranches that dot the community. There is a mentality here that...
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An Ex-Smokers's Lament: Why I Quit Smoking Cigarettes
I begin to write this Hub right smack in the middle of an urge to smoke a cigarette. This seems appropriate, does it not? I am in a literal sort of pain as I write these words. If I had a cigarette in front of me, I honestly don't know if I would...
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Preventing Child Molestation and Abuse: My Visit to the Sheriff's Substation
This is a cautionary tale addressing the issue of potential sexual misconduct. The endless need for money can lead one into dangerous situations.
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Are Addiction-Free People Morally Superior?
This question has been bantered around for centuries, and it needs to be addressed once and for all.