Laura Andrews

What is life really about? What are we chasing? Who are we trying to be? I've been thinking about life a lot lately (I seem to be doing that a lot right?), what society tells us we need to be doing, what others tell us we need to be doing, and what we tell ourselves. But how much of that is actually true or right or necessary? I see so many of us, myself included, trying to do all the things, packing as much as we can into the stream of life, focusing on the quantity instead of quality. But...

Here’s to another riveting episode of a day in the life of a happily ever alcoholic. After we got through our lovely sickness of hand foot and mouth disease (including myself), were held up in the house for weeks (worst sickness I have ever experienced), but then were finally able to come out to see the light of day again. Don’t worry though, my hands and feet are still peeling from the rash which I get to experience from now until probably forever. In a weird way, maybe it was a good thing,...

So, what kind of sick am I talking about here? All the sick: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. That’s me. There have been several instances in my life where I have been sick….not the just have a little cold sick, but really sick, where I am flat on my back, can’t get up, can’t move kind of sick. I remember when my husband and I got “covid” before covid was ever a thing and we were sick as dogs, couldn’t hardly function. I remember not only having pregnancy nausea but that combined with...