I recently watched a video online about a man who wants the kidney he donated to his wife returned as part of the divorce settlement-- or she can pay him 1.5 million dollars. You can read about the story at this link  or this one or watch it here  (more from his point of view) or here . Evidently there was a major breakdown in this relationship.  According to the first video, she cheated and refused to let him see his children.  I don't agree with her actions, but ...

Although my husband does a lot to help me, there are some pretty primo instances where I get the message that I am unimportant. Particularly when it comes to immigration issues. I'm not even going to start into the green card application process he delayed on. I can't really speak about it without becoming bitter. But this month my spousal visa is up for renewal. For once in my life, I wanted to do all my application stuff with PLENTY of time. In the beginning of the month I went to ...

Is perception really everything? How much responsibility do we have for how others see us? How many of us have ever thought, "how the heck did that person get THAT idea about me?" Obviously, what we see of a person on a blog or at any given time, is most likely only a facet of that person. And I have had some of the most bizarre reactions from people on blog sites. Generally, I don't respond often on people's blogs because I seem to have this amazing ability to piss people off. ...