Every Saturday I present Saturday Sanity to you lovely readers. It’s a post that rounds up what’s going on in mental health news, various mental health tips and resources I run across, and other interesting stuff happening in the world of mental health.
Today, however, for an even wider variety of health-related stories you can head over to Healthbolt and find a wide assortment of health information wrapped up in the first ever Healthbolt Carnival!
I participated in the Healthbolt Carnival with my post Ghost Hunters Declare The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Haunted. For some reason, the Blog Carnival Web site has me …read more

I’ve mentioned before that I come from a pretty long line of military and war veterans. My grandfathers, various uncles, and my daddy were all soldiers.
Even my ex-husband, God bless him, was a Marine.
I’ve admired the Purple Hearts. I’ve sat through the 3 volley salutes. I’ve listened as Taps was played and once watched as the American flag was folded and presented to my grandmother. I remember when it was handed down to my mother. One day it will be passed down to me.
In time there will be others to keep it company.
Fortunately, none of the soldiers in my family …read more