So while we’ve been talking about secrecy, let’s see if we can determine the difference between secrecy and privacy.  In a recent real-life discussion with others who have loved ones struggling with addiction, this subject came up. How would you define Secrecy vs Privacy? It’s an interesting question, don’t you think?  And in this discussion, the idea was that secrecy is an attempt to hide and cover, privacy is an...

Gulp.  Today is the day.  It’s the day I share my actual scale weight with the world.  Or at least the folks who stop by to read this post…   Yeah – I am intimidated.  I can hide some things fairly well behind this facade of virtual reality, but there are people who read this who have known me from childhood.  There are people who read this who see me at church. Am I going to have a big number tattooed across my...

I wanted to repost this again as I am getting ready to launch a new section for my Queen Size Mommy posts – which will center on my food addiction, struggles with eating and weight – and striving for GOOD HEALTH. One of my favorite summer treats really is ice cream.  I’m a “texture” eater and I love the disparity between the cold ice cream on those hot days that weigh me down with heat and humidity. When our local...

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Can you even imagine how beautiful the Garden of Eden must have been?  I hope I can see it someday just to see the glory of Perfect Creation. Throughout my life I have lived in some places with amazing, breathtaking scenery.  I have traveled and visited places with phenomenal views.  I have been in the middle of the ocean on a cruise ship that felt like a speck of dust in the universe.  I have climbed a mountain (really) in Alaska that was...