Lives, Not Politics

When I first heard that one of my favorite aunts had been diagnosed with breast cancer, I burst into tears, because I knew all too well that this was a disease that was indiscriminate and hard to understand. My second thought, thankfully, was much more practical: my aunt had a fabulous support system in her [...]

Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Mer

Hypocrisy: noun – a feigning to be what one is not or to believe what one does not; the practice of professing beliefs, feelings or virtues that one does not hold or possess. From the Greek hypokrisis, the act of playing a part on stage. I really dislike hypocrisy. It makes me crazy. I’m a [...]