I'm so overcome by the word overcome. The word is overused and very misleading. When I hear the word overcome, I think of someone who recovered from a sickness or an accident. They do not have to deal with whatever what made them temporary confined. It is not a condition that will stay with them for life and they will go on like nothing ever happened.

             I’m sorry to have to say this, but I haven’t overcome my disability.  I was born with it, and it will be with me for life.  I...

Simplicity is a word that defined my mother’s life. She always wanted things simple like: directions, information, and appliances. Her desire was to always have a few complications as possible.

One of the reasons that my mother preferred the basic of everything was that it made life easier for her. She did not attend school beyond junior high level and often struggled with reading and learning complicated tasks. She finally learned to tell time when I was young. But her tenacity on keepi...