May 2011
1 post
Mom of the year.
That title has become a mainstay in my household. I thank Barbara for giving me that term…she shared a funny story about brunch with her husband and at the time one year old daughter. They were waiting for their food and to keep the dear daughter from getting cranky she fed her jelly packets…it worked, melt down avoided, hence the title “Mom of the Year”.
But the...
November 2009
2 posts
I was sitting in the most beautiful craft room. It was spacious and colorful, it had high ceilings. I was crafting to my heart’s content. I don’t recall what I was making, I just remember being so delighted making whatever. Then I look up across from me and my best friend was sitting there crafting too, as well as giving me he highly valued opinion on whatever we were making. And...
i just want to roll up in a ball and die, my flesh that is. every ounce of my ever living flesh wants to go crazy, or just plain give up, this moment i am having makes me see why people lose their minds and go just plain crazy. how much more can one soul let alone a family take? and as i see myself just walking aimlessly in the middle of a median, or downtown with one shoe on and one shoe off,...