Courtney Lynn Mroch's Blog, page 11

Pets Need Second Opinions Too

Just over seven weeks ago we thought we had mere days left with Tabby. That’s the word the doctor had given us. Kidney failure. If we were lucky we’d have one last weekend with her. I struggled to give our dying cat space. Well, turns […]

Masks, Lockdowns, or Death: Take Your Pick

What if we had a better president, one who was actually capable of understanding science, and we never needed to lockdown to begin with? Not that he wanted to. If it was up to him no states would’ve locked down. He doesn’t want testing. He […]

What is it like to fear for your husband and son’s lives?

Growing up, I thought Kim Langley hung the moon. I didn’t hear that term until I was older, but the second I did I immediately thought of a few people who fit that bill during my life. Kim was one of them. We ended up […]

The Struggle to Give My Dying Cat Space

Waiting in the parking lot at the vet’s office on Monday, I was optimistic Tabby would be fine. I figured she had a UTI. Something easy peasy to treat. My first indication something more serious was up was when Dr. Spivey called a half an […]

How Coronavirus Settled the Abortion Debate

What’s the difference between #TakeTheKnee and #OperationGridlock? People opposed to both movements could argue they’re unpatriotic. Anti-Take the Knee-ers will say it’s unconstitutional. Perhaps anti-Gridlockers might argue that too. Yet, ironically, the Operation Gridlock folks, now find themselves protesting for the rights they feel have […]

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death: An American Attitude

Americans are an independent lot. Proud too. I’m not religious but I do know the Bible does contain some useful wisdom, such as pride goes before the fall. (Which I guess the complete King James Version wording is: “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit […]

Who let the logs out?

Are you familiar with a catalog called Femail Creations? It’s one of my favorites. It never fails to have things in it that amuse me, because they carry a lot of products with pithy sayings. Like these lavatory mists. (Fancy word for toilet sprays, which […]

Damn. The donkey photo is false. (But the parable is still awesome.)

The other day a lady posted a photo of a soldier with a donkey on his back on Nextdoor in reply to a fairly contentious post. Side note: Nextdoor has become my guilty pleasure. Sure, sometimes there are informative posts, but mostly it’s a shit […]

COVID-19: one of the loneliest sicknesses in the world

The weekend before last, I was texting with my friend Sheila about how heartbroken we were about the nursing homes in our areas that had come down with coronavirus cases. In many cases they were already on lockdown and unable to see their loved ones. […]

It’s Not About Recovery, It’s About Recovering

I’ve been getting irritated with a lot of my friends who are convinced this novel coronavirus is overblown and the media is inciting unnecessary panic. “They’re not talking about how many people recover. They’re only talking about the deaths, and in the scheme of things […]