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Not Second Fiddle
My car was in the shop getting an oil change while I was in the waiting room. With still a lot of time to wait, I found myself sitting next to a man...
Home ownership is lovely… right?
I was walking my dog yesterday when I walked by a house with a lovely older woman busily sweeping and cleaning her yard. She looked up as we walked...
Yep, I’m an open book
I was talking to someone earlier today that asked me about my new life as a blogger. They wondered if I was concerned about my neighbors, my...
DEEP LOVE FOR THE 4-LEGGED
Went with my family and my daughter's friend to see Insurgent over the weekend at the theater. Naturally you get to sit through and enjoy about a...
Fears erased – BOOM!
Heading to Cabo San Lucas for our spring break vacation this year, I'm sitting by the window next to my daughter, now almost 16. We begin our first...
As a mother…
... I would have been infuriated. As I was driving this morning, I heard on the radio that yet another school had a shooting incident, this one in...
Yachats, Oregon… the Gem of the Oregon Coast
It's about a 5 1/2 drive to get there but it is always worth it. We have been going to Yachats for years. John's parents own a small cabin there and...
Letter to my ex-husband
I don’t know if I ever told you about what I was going through when we met. I was in my seat, stuffed in the window as I had two very large people...
I am… not normal!
As a matter of fact, I am happy to say I don’t like what normal looks like anyway! I am 55; I have a 16-year-old daughter. The entire time she was...