Trolls: Warping the Internet into a Sadist’s Playground

Miracle Girl: Trolls: Warping the Internet into a Sadist’s Playground

What drives the twisted minds of trolls? Every advance in communication technology seems to be accompanied by those who get their jollies from abusing it to harass the innocent.

But we can’t allow the worst in humanity to darken the best of the web.

Pre-existing Conditions: When the Foxes Own the Healthcare Coop

Miracle Girl: Pre-existing Conditions: When the Foxes Own the Healthcare Coop

Trumpcare is dead. Again. But GOP predators haven't stopped stalking Medicaid and threatening the healthcare of millions of people with pre-existing conditions.

When the foxes own the chicken coop, the hens better stay on their guard.

Graham-Cassidy: The Final Trumpcare Resurrection

Miracle Girl: Graham-Cassidy: The Final Trumpcare Resurrection

Hatred of the Affordable Care Act is the ultimate zombie, eating the brains of the GOP. And Graham-Cassidy is the final result.

Indeed, this brainless and heartless bill pickpockets Medicaid expansion states and resurrects pre-existing condition exclusions.

Way to go, GOP.

True Grit: Discovering Your Strength Within and Without

Miracle Girl: True Grit: Discovering Your Strength Within and Without

"You are my inspiration," said the man. "You're so strong," added his female companion. Before my coma, those words wouldn't have been spoken about me. 

It took a coma and some strangers to show me the grit and determination that lay within me. You have it in you, too.

This blast from the past Miracle Girl post could well have been written for Coma Chameleon in the earlier days of my recovery.

You Are Here; the Cassini Spacecraft Isn’t Anymore

Miracle Girl: You Are Here; the Cassini Spacecraft Isn’t Anymore

Cassini died for our bacterial sins, though the plucky spacecraft gave its life for science.

It's up to humans to dedicate themselves to improving life here at home.

Religious Curiosity: What Draws the Faithful into the Fold?

Miracle Girl: Religious Curiosity: What Draws the Faithful into the Fold?

For this secular-raised girl, the road to Christian Sunday schools was paved with religious curiosity. The grass is always greener on the other side of indoctrination.

Adult ADHD: Curing Chronic Brain Farts…and the Stinks They Cause

Miracle Girl: Adult ADHD: Curing Chronic Brain Farts…and the Stinks They Cause

Living with adult ADHD means getting used to frustration and embarrassment. But what to do when the very symptoms of ADHD prevent me from seeking treatment?

What would it take to make me stop procrastinating and finally seek help?

DACA Dreamers: Raised in America, Its Promise Yanked Away

Miracle Girl: DACA Dreamers: Raised in America, Its Promise Yanked Away

To appease his base yet again, President Trump signed away the Dreamers' futures with the stroke of his pen.

Imagine being forced from your home and sent to a place you don't even remember. Will the Dreamers' American dream turn into that nightmare?