I've been blogging for less than two years at http://ronnisrants.blogspot.com. I am a fifty-mumble grandmother, very opinionated and not always politically correct.

I have over 20 years of experience acting and costuming in community theater.

I love to write. My blog started to give me something to do while quitting smoking. I have quit smoking, gained 30 pounds, and become addicted to blogging. Is there a patch for that?

My passion is ...

theater

I know too much about ...

mendacity

My parents always told me ...

stand up straight

My childhood ambition ...

to get out of my home town

My favorite memory ...

twilight

Why I write ...

I have something to say

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

History Channel

My first job ...

selling Watkins products door to door

My best moment ...

hasn't happened yet

My inspiration ...

my husband

Relationships & Family > Grief & Loss Reflections: When someone you love commits suicide

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At 2:30 A M of August 20th, my husband walked out into the front yard and put a bullet in his head.

He was a successful and beloved teacher, who had led what appeared to be a very good life.

His parents were teachers, his mother in elementary school, his father, at a University. He grew up in a comfortable environment; one most of us would envy. They were not rich, but comfortable. They traveled all over the country, and there were few of the beautiful places that he had not seen.

He had worked at several very satisfying and well-paying jobs before he began to teach. After a ye...

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