Shedding the Year of the Snake by Conlee Ricketts


I’m taking a few moments before the end of the year to bid it farewell, say good riddance and put to rest this most difficult year. Ten days into 2013 I broke my wrist requiring surgery complete with titanium plate, screws, and no health insurance. A few weeks after that (unable ...

Lucky Number 13? – by Cara Potapshyn Meyers


I don’t know about you, but I am glad to say “goodbye” to 2012. Between predictions of the world coming to an end, surviving a natural disaster in my area, school shootings in Connecticut, as well as my endless personal complications, I’m ready for some change. Some people, however, are ...