This month has been weird. My favorite and last surviving grandparent passed away. What typically is a normal part of life felt much different this time to me. I spent most of my time with my grandmother when I was young. Her house was more like my home no matter where I actually lived….
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Every hero has some weakness…
Originally posted to http://www.diaryofashieldmaiden.com Some days it is hard to remember when I wasn’t struggling to get my Warrior to remember something. Then those days come that I have too many things that need remembering in my head and then I forget. HOW IRONIC. I talk about different ways to help him all the time but…
A New Mission
As many of you that follow me might know, I am caregiver to a disabled Veteran. I have talked about TBI & PTSD pretty regularly but because of a few people reaching out to me for more information, I have decided to work on a blog specific to that issue. While there may…
What makes a book a classic?
Towards the end of every year I work on my list on intentions. I do this no matter what and I work on those lists all year because, well, I just don’t want to be the kind of person with a larger list of regrets than accomplishments. I know that over the next year, one…
The Godzilla Anti-Review You Need
Here we are again, talking about how much I love monsters. I hope you stick around rather than rolling your eyes, but either way, I have something important to say. Stop reading movie reviews. I will have to say that I have been thinking that for a very long time. It makes…
Work In Progress
I envy writers that stick to the same genre for their entire career. I don’t know how they do it but it must get annoying after a while trying to only be that one thing. I am not good at that. Some days I am a super nerd, others I am a political activist. Once…
Fear Not or Fear All
Life is funny. You go through things and scream and cry and lament them all but some things, some very important things build on top of each other and ultimately shape the kind of person you become. Its not always good, but it is a fact of how things work. I am a liberal. Flaming…
The Kevin Project
Many of you know that I married a disabled Vet, Kevin, and/or that my daughter, Emma, is trying to go through the steps to make the Junior Dream Team and later, the US Olympic Archery team. This week, there have been a ton of discussions in our house after the tragic events in Texas and…
Great Comic Mashup
If you are ever here, you have probably seen my nerdy kitchen or know how much I love Halo (the artist, not the game). When I saw this Kickstarter come across my dash, I immediately went into fan girl mode. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was one of those cartoons much like He-Man, Thundercats and Transformers,…
Ring in the New Year
For those of you that know me, I am not big on resolutions. I just don’t believe they work. What I do at the beginning of every year is set intentions. These are things I intend to do in the year and more often than not, I get through the list quite nicely. This year,…
Queen of the Universe 