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since you claim to be an English teacher, perhaps edit this:

"As any normal person would whom life has put through the ringer"

It's "wringer" not "ringer"

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I haven't been an English teacher for many years, and I never claimed to be a particularly good one.

At any rate, thanks for pointing that out. Edited.

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no harm no foul.

this was a very good column.

I had really good english teachers in high school and it has stuck with me.

when I see excess apostrophes, or 'there' when used for 'their' (and vice versa), it makes me a little crazy

but ... just a little ...

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