My husband celebrated his birthday this year by spending three days in Idyllwild. He turned 58 years old – we met when he was 39. I was a single divorced mother with three kids and he was a single divorced man with two dogs. We actually met while I was on a date at a…
Read MoreI was given an opportunity this week – one that both excited and terrified me. Our Women’s Ministry was holding a health conference – focused on the acronym SWEAT – She Will Endure All Things. Topics ranged from Meditation to Stretching and the main speakers discussed Passion and Perseverance. There was even a full-on exercise…
Read MoreI have insomnia…not the kind that prevents me from falling asleep but the kind that prevents me from staying asleep. Falling asleep I got down. Put me in the passenger seat in a car and I’m out. Let me lie down on the couch with an episode of NCIS, and I’ll have to rewind it…
Read MoreEric and I spent a wonderful Saturday evening with some new friends. Part of getting to know each other is always sharing the history of your courtship, your family, and your overall ‘story’. I was happy that we had plenty of time to talk since our first couple of ‘sharings’ didn’t paint me in a…
Read MoreAnother throwback from my “My Life In the Fat Suit” blog from 2012- Eric and I have now been married 16 years so if anything, I’m even less cute now! Fortunately, our vision becomes soft focus in direct proportion to our spouses wrinkles, apparently! Regardless of how I’m feeling, the man still tells me I’m…
Read MoreI am a mother-in-law. I’m still in a bit of shock about this…a very happy shock…but shock just the same. I have a beautiful and sweet daughter-in-law that is preparing to leave her family and friends to be with her husband, my eldest son Christopher, on an Army base in North Carolina. The moving van…
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Mothering, Marriage and Menopause 