I feel responsible to check on her — My neighbor, Sheila, just lost her husband of 50 years. Ted went to the bathroom, didn’t come back, and she found him on the toilet, dead. Two weeks ago. How shocking that had to be. I know many of you have experienced similar events, and I doubt you ever get…

I hate writing this message — Dear Wonderful friends and followers. I am sorry. But I am falling apart. Before I went to Africa for ten days, I received a painful emotional blow. I tried to put it out of my mind on my trip, but it affected me greatly. I could barely eat or sleep. …

Most of them are not looking for romance — Online dating takes a brave soul. This past year I had several poor experiences with widowers. A widower from a close-by city messaged me on Match.com. He sounded great in his profile, so we met for lunch. It had only been seven months since his wife died. I thought that…

They were married for over 60 years. — My mom passed away 2 years ago in June. My dad 12 years ago this month. They had a good marriage and always showed love and loyalty for each other. They were best friends although they had their rough times like everyone else. Amongst their group of friends, they had…

I needed to get control of that mess — Today I had to purge the mess I called e-mail Specifically, my Medium e-mail account. I think the world of all my Medium friends, writers, readers, highlighters, and commenters. I love you, my e-mail subscribers. But I had to get rid of that overwhelming bag of heavy rocks. I will…

They are much bigger than I realized — The Africa Fund for Endangered Wildlife (A.F.E.W.) Kenya was founded in 1979 by the late Jock and Betty Leslie-Melville. They began the Giraffe Centre after discovering the sad plight of the Rothschild Giraffe, subspecies of the giraffe found only in the grasslands of East Africa. At the time, the animals…

In honor of World Gratitude Day on September 21st — Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles, created a “just for fun” post on WORLD GRATITUDE DAY …an A-Z of everything she is grateful for, which she then challenged others to have a go at. Sally Prag added an additional layer to this challenge: to write pretty much the first thing that came…

A short follow-up to my article about getting what you deserve for causing hurt to another person — I’m glad my recent article sparked a lot of interest in the concepts of: You get what you give Payback is a bitch Turnabout is fair play He who laughs last laughs best Karma is a bitch You got what you deserved You’re Hurt, but You Got What You Deserved. Do You Believe This Happens? Are we ultimately punished for our mistakes?hklarajane.medium.com

Are we ultimately punished for our mistakes? — I’ve been skating by in life, thinking I’ve been a pretty good person. I know I made mistakes and hurt people along the line. But are we eventually punished for those deeds? Is karma a bitch? Or is payback a bitch? Karma vs. payback Karma is specifically a principle of…