by johannasr2 | Nov 20, 2025 | Addiction, Change, Childhood Abuse, Family, Parenting, Parenting Adults
Recently, my son sent his daughter a meme that showed a daughter being sad because her addict dad died while and when she was still angry with him for abandoning her. This is a key feature of addiction; children always feel abandoned by the addict parent and try to...
by johannasr2 | Oct 26, 2025 | Change, Health Care, Insurance in America, Poverty;, Socialism
Think about Health Care in America and easily you will see that it is completely socialized. Who is sick? The elderly, the disabled and the poor. What insurance do they have? Medicare and Medicaid or nothing. Only healthy people are insured by insurance “companies”....
by johannasr2 | Sep 18, 2025 | Change, Communication, Education, Love, Sexuality
I didn’t realize that so many young women have no idea how to treat their own sexuality. I thought it was either organic or by osmosis. I grew up with books like the Hite Report by Shere Hite. There are not as many good sex books in the national consciousness as I...
by johannasr2 | Apr 24, 2025 | Addiction, Change, Communication, Family, Feelings, Parenting Adults
Notes from a Parent Realizing a Child is Addicted and Wishing her own Mother was Alive / Circa 2001 This book is not about my mother, who has been the sole subject of my musings for more than five years; it is about raising children and being human. I am engaging in...
by johannasr2 | Jan 9, 2025 | Change, Clarity, Communication, Fibromyalgia, My Illness
I saw the ad somewhere and quickly wrote down the information. Horse Back Riding and a phone number. It took a month for me to start texting and asking questions about the owner’s format. I wanted to know all about them and how they offered rides to people. It’s...
by johannasr2 | Nov 19, 2024 | Change, Family, Fibromyalgia, Parenting Adults, Psychology
The overall secret sauce to great holidays is planning. I want to say that there are some things that you can do and I am sure that there are. I also want to say that part of coping with the holidays is to understand that you will be very tired when it’s over....
