DoozieLife

This used to be true.  Once upon a time, California represented hope, a strong economy, a place where you could plan for the future.  As a California lifer, looking at our current state of affairs is heartbreaking.  How did it get this way?  Was it greed, stupidity, our generosity to all who came to paradise?  [...]

California lawmakers remained at an impasse over solving the state’s $24.3 billion deficit Friday as the state controller prepares to hand out roughly $3 billion in IOUs to vendors, low-income seniors and others.

My ex-husband and I separated 10 years ago.  The guilt over my decision to leave, and my inability to afford to take my children into a good home, was enough to allow me to bow before my ex-husbands every whim.   I allowed him to dictate what belonging of the children’s I could take, I paid [...]