by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 20, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
On my last visit to see my sister, Jamie Holloway, she handed me a bag full of books to read. I accepted the challenge, knowing I would pass on these books to new readers when I was done. What a fun contest. One of the books in the bag was bright colored and promised...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 17, 2022 | Community, Education, Life, Opinions
I told someone today I was a Gap Person. I wasn’t talking about someone that shops at The Gap; I don’t do that. “Believe it or not, homelessness is incredibly expensive to a community. The most cost-effective way for the community to respond to homelessness is to...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 15, 2022 | Life, Opinions, Prayers & Thanksgiving
My heart is heavy today. I try to avoid the TV and succeed during the day when my wife, Karen G Clemenson, is at work but at night she likes to watch her shows. Being campaign season, every commercial break bombards viewers with ads about abortion on both sides. I am...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 14, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
I recently had the opportunity to read I Will Not Fear My Story of a Lifetime of Building Faith Under Fire by Melba Pattillo Beals and I was so touched by her story. Every moment, it seemed, of this woman’s life was a tribute to faith and strength and it spoke to my...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 13, 2022 | About Summer, Chronic Illness, Life, Opinions, Wellness
I mentioned coming home in my blog, I Had to Paint my Toenails Today and said it was a process. I was talking about when you have been away from home for a period of time. If I were returning from military deployment, the Military Family Readiness System would...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 12, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
So my wife, Karen G Clemenson, brought this book home from the library and I ended up reading it. There were times it was hard to read because I could feel some of the author’s pain but I am glad I read Madness: A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacker....
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 11, 2022 | About Summer, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Life, Opinions
Coming home is a process and sometimes each day has only enough spoons for that day and not enough for coming home. My last procedure for my endometrial cancer was in August and I was told to remove my toenail polish, all my jewelry and wash from head to toe with...
by Summer D Clemenson | Oct 10, 2022 | About Summer, Cancer, Chronic Illness, Life, Opinions
I keep reminding myself that I am here now because it is the truth but my mind keeps slipping back to the past. I keep feeling the cords on me holding me down. I keeping hearing the beeping of the machines. I sometimes feel their hands on me holding me down and...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 30, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez starts out with an unlikely love story between a black boy and a Mexican girl but the theme of this story is loss. Loss after loss, piled on top of loss and then more loss. It shows us racism toward black people and Mexicans in a...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 29, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
I have always wanted to read Frederick Douglass’ work but I was always put off by the look of his face. He looked like a hard man so I waited. And then I was at the library with my wife, Karen G Clemenson, and she chose Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 28, 2022 | About Summer, Chronic Illness, Life, Opinions
I am reading a book called Madness A Bipolar Life by Marya Hornbacher right now. This book is her story about her life with Bipolar I Disorder and what she went through. I am about half way through the book and although I don’t have Bipolar Disorder I can relate to...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 27, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
For years I have been hearing about The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. I first heard about the movie and, in reality, it sounded so much like a similar movie, that I sometimes enjoy to watch with Keanu Reaves and Sandra Bullock, that I decided I didn’t...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 24, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Life, Opinions
Culture, Technology, Leadership, Education, Political Correctness: these are some of the numerous subjects that William Deresiewicz tackles in The End of Solitude. His book of 42 essays spanning over 30 years on topics that will make you think and probably cause you...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 21, 2022 | About Summer, Life, Opinions, Prayers & Thanksgiving
There used to be a screaming in my head all the time. She was very angry all the time and very distracting. Through therapy and seeking medical treatment for migraines and mental illness and practicing my own solitude, I rarely hear the screaming and usually it is...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 18, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
I went to the library yesterday with my wife, Karen G Clemenson. I really hadn’t intended to pick up any books for myself because I have a huge to-read pile at home but, of course I found 3 books that caught my eye and Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson was one of them. I...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 16, 2022 | Life, Opinions, Prayers & Thanksgiving
I have been called many things in my life and they are not all good but because I have spent a lot of time with my Father in heaven I know who I am and I hope you know who you are. That doesn’t mean I don’t need a reminder sometimes and that is why I find it is really...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 11, 2022 | Book & Product Reviews, Opinions
I think it is safe to say that most people know who Betty White was and so her book If You Ask Me (And of Course You Wont) might not be a stretch to want to read. It was a delightful read and really brought my spirits up and let me rest a bit to just enjoy a light...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 10, 2022 | Life, Opinions
Today Xavier Rock’On turned 15-years-old! It has been a bumpy ride with my last codependent relationship but I can’t imagine it any other way. I sure love this guy even though when I stole a kiss I got smacked this morning…I expected nothing less! I...
by Summer D Clemenson | Sep 5, 2022 | About Summer, Life, Opinions
I have come a long way from the shy and hurting girl I once was. I am an emotional abuse and emotional neglect survivor. I don’t intend to give a lot of details because I am trying to stay in the now, where God is with me; not that He wasn’t with me in my past and He...
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