What went wrong?? Often, we question our parenting as our kids do silly, non-sensical things. They put the plastic containers on the Barbeque, they scrub the T-fal pan with the SOS, they do things that we shake our heads at and say “That’s just common sense! How did you miss the GENE?” I remember watching […]
I’m a Mary-Kay Kid, my moms slogan was “Fake it till you make it”. She used this in response to feeling of inadequacy in every situation, so like a good mom I passed on the wisdom. She drove a Cadillac for awhile so I figured she got something right. When my girls were afraid of […]
About 6 months after my mom passed away I had a cancer scare. Mike and I went to all the appointments and were waiting on results. I began to reminisce about all the memories that my mom made with us kids, and I grieved the fact, or what I thought was fact at the time, […]
Mom, today is your birthday… I am remembering your smile, the way you hysterically laughed at your own jokes, the way your lips pursed when you were upset, and the way only your bottom teeth were visible when you talked when you were really mad. Or your face that time when you danced with the […]
I haven’t written… As I sit and go through the reasons, they are all excuses, because I have written, I have just not posted … I have composed multiple writings. … Here is the thing: after the last entry there were some private messages exchanged from a number of people and some VERY negative self […]
