A Life Lesson: The ‘Real’ Thanksgiving
This is the story of an ordinary Thanksgiving turned extraordinary for a small child and her cousins….all because of their wise grandfather and his thoughtful friends.
Believe in what brings happiness and that includes Santa Claus
This is my first post in quite a while. I have been busy recovering from receiving two brand new hips, and doing well. But the...
What Did That Dream Mean?
[caption id="attachment_102822" align="aligncenter" width="457"] Dreaming woman. Pic courtesy of digitalartgallery.com[/caption] I had a strange dream the other night: My deceased husband invited me to a...
Is there a Fourth of July in England?
Have you heard that old joke? “Is there a fourth of July in England?” Most people answer “no”, but the correct answer is “yes”. They...
What Happened to Summer?
[caption id="attachment_102052" align="aligncenter" width="476"] Maietta Family Album – Bernie Maietta: Summer Fun[/caption] School’s out and everyone is taking trips to the beach, Disney, the...
The Magic Toy Iron
I’ll bet you didn’t know a toy iron could be magic. Me neither…..until there was a need for a magic moment. And in my opinion,...
It All Starts in Kindergarten
[caption id="attachment_101443" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Pic courtesy of media.salon.com[/caption] My grandson recently completed kindergarten, so I asked him two questions: Me: “Levi, what did you like...
Stripped to the Core
Every once in a while, we all need a reality check: something that strips us of our “normal” defenses and forces us to visit who...
Hug a Nurse This Week
May 6th through May 12th is National Nurses’ Week. The week always ends on the day of Florence Nightingale’s birthday; Florence was the founder of modern day nursing.
Life in 5 Songs
Music brings us to places we have been or dream we can go. It is a common thread between most human beings.
Top 5 dumbest states in America
I just read a report about the top five dumbest states in America AND they are all in the Southeast! That didn’t surprise me a bit; I have lived in Alabama for seven years now.
The reason I hate bikinis
I just heard bikinis are back in style for this summer. Stop, don’t gasp; I am not going to get a bikini at my age. But all the hype and ads did make me think about how a bikini caused the most embarrassing moment of my life.
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Selecting a Pope
After two weeks of waiting, I finally received some classified information from my Italian relatives about the Papal Conclave and what ACTUALLY occurred behind closed drapes to get the new Pope selected. The readers of MadMikesAmerica are the first to hear about this….and maybe the last.
Death by Chevy
This week, a MadMikesAmerica post about a driving instructor in England caused me a bad case of post-traumatic stress: flashbacks to a 1959 Chevy, a terrible driver (my mother), and a terrified child.