I can’t help but be glad that January is over. I spent a good part of it sick with various ailments and took three different antibiotics tr...

Chase Bird allowed me to make one more silly “dress-up” photo of him to wish you all a Happy New Year. This is a time when many o...

Do you dread dentist appointments? Do you hate the thought of sitting in that chair with the fear of needles, drills, and other scary...

This week, Oct. 13-19, is International OCD Awareness Wee k . One of the reasons I started this blog was to raise awareness about what OC...

Nearly two weeks ago, Elizabeth Landau , a writer and producer for CNN's website , contacted me about an article she was writing about ...

    This spring I’ve written about the joy that I’ve gotten from my foray into vegetable gardening . My joy goes beyond my pl...

This blog post is dedicated to Jackie and Janet. Thanks for all you do. It happened again last week. I was at work, sitting at my des...

Yes, I cooked. Not just in the microwave, which I do quite often. I cooked on a regular stove. Over the past weekend, I fixed a simple ve...

Step by step Today I told someone that my OCD seems better. Until then, I had kept the hope to myself. But I’ll say it a bit stro...

I have a love/hate relationship with the news. I like knowing what’s going on in the world. I like to feel knowledgeable about what my gove...

I think of my father almost every day, if not every day. But this time of year, the months that coincide with his last illness and his deat...

Shadows Thoughts are powerful. I’m sure you already know that. What we mull over and dwell on in our thoughts can affect our mood and...

Yes, the nurse had noticed my hands. And she had told the doctor about them. That scared me. I didn’t want the doctor to mention my hands...