Half and Whole

On Friday, there was a repeat episode of Oprah about sperm donor children. Some of them seek out their biological fathers. Some feel a sense of loss, a sense of incompleteness, in not knowing that half of themselves. One woman wasn’t even told that her dad wasn’t her father until she was twenty-seven years old.
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Hopping down the bunny trail… and right off the track

A cautionary tale of the holiday road from magic to morose. (Please note, I don’t write about the religious background of the holidays, and therefore, you shouldn’t be offended by the content.)

A day which will live in infamy.

Paying off my credit cards and seizing the day. But which day can I seize?

Bad luck, Chuck

In which Diz catches you up on events that occurred a week ago, and aren’t really that important, because a week has passed since her last blog entry, and she feels guilty, if uninspired…

Money (That’s What I Want)

I thought it was about time I opened a savings account again. Ok, in actuality? Suze Orman guilted me into it. I downloaded the free .pdf of Women and Money off of Oprah’s site a couple of weeks ago and realized I don’t have anything that I’m “supposed to” have, except a 401(k), and that’s only ‘cuz work made it easy to contribute to.

So, here’s where I start the whole “being responsible about my future” thing. At twenty-nine. I always was a late bloomer…