A sweet partner of mine was doing a fundraiser for her volleyball team......selling Otis Spunkmeyer cookie dough by the box for a minimal fee. We all chipped in. My friend Jeannie and I split two boxes among us. OMG!!!! Was I a HERO tonight at...

There's one of me. There's four of them. (Plus two puppies!!!) It took awhile to regain composure and reestablish a routine that met everyone's needs. As I've said in earlier posts, my needs are generally met in the early a.m. before I am.

There are many people I know, who saw me at my worst. I was a complete mess...admittedly so! Oh, the sadness, the resentfulness, the loss and the fear! Enough said. Those were bad times. I can hardly remember them now - I simply motored through,..

Just after we moved into our home, my five year old did what five years olds do.....within minutes, the master bathtub overflowed (in the 20 seconds I went downstairs to pull a boiling pot off the stove) and we had a proverbial rainstorm in our family...

We invited dad for the long weekend in Disney in October. We feel great about ir. It is a birthday getaway for the kids and the gift they requested. I love that we can do it. No strings. Just Family time together. All original writings and...